Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.
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The obscurest epoch is today.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.
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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.
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It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.
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It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
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Marriage is like life – it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.
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