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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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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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Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Honesty Strong Yourself
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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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
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Action Born Establishment Habit People Success Work
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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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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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Goodness Nature People World
There is a skeleton in every house.
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