Bad husbands will make bad wives.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOne 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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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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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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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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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