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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Himself Lying Man Pen Thinking Writing
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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Agreement Easy Existence Light Offend Wickedness
Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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Empty Fake Fools Place Pretend Vanity Wickedness
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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Active Confidence Friendship Man Modesty Peace
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Goal Horizon Live Success Yourself
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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Attack Dare Fortune Man Remember Secret Success World Yourself
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Active Believe Man Moral Myself
Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Beautiful Eyes Ourselves Perspective Philosophy
Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Empty Laughter Life
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Ambition Dare Difficult End Endurance Fortune Greatness Intrigue Tired
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Achievement Excellence Happiness Praise
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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Destiny Fate Glimpse Machine Ourselves Past Time
Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Generosity Greeting Life Mirror Return Smile Yourself
A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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