Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Humor is wit and love.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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