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All is vanity, nothing is fair.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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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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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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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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Humor is wit and love.
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