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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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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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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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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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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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