There is a skeleton in every house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
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