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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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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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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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A person can’t help their birth.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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