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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Desire Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction World
A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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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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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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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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Best Heaven Love Purity Repeat Spirit
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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