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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
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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Dinner Eat Goodness Health Man Mindset Reading
Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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Fools Himself Life Song Wine Woman
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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Bright Enough Eyes Flame Forget Life Man Possession Reward
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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Children Education Fate Honor Luck Training
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
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Easy Forgot Injury Kindness Man Mindset Worth
Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity
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
To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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Beautiful Demand Enough Herself Rose Sing Woman
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Comfortable Greatness Imagination People Sick
Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Beautiful Eyes Ourselves Perspective Philosophy
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Face Man Reflection World
When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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Herself Myself Mystery Puzzle Woman
Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Destiny One Liner Sport
A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Appearance Happiness Heart Joy

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