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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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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Character Laughter People Selfish
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
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
Humor is wit and love.
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Humor Intelligence Love One Liner Smart
Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Husband Marriage One Liner Wife
Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Change Expectation Marriage Person
There is a skeleton in every house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Bone Home
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
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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Best Couple Love See Sight Wonder Young
There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Diamond Life Reality
Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Destiny One Liner Sport
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.”
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Bright Enough Eyes Flame Forget Life Man Possession Reward
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
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Forget Friendship True

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