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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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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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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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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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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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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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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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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The best of women are hypocrites.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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