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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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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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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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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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There is a skeleton in every house.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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