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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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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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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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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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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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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Humor is wit and love.
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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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