The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWe know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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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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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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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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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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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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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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