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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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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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Angry Believe Consistent Greatness Hate Lying Order
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Enemy Fools Himself See
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Forget Friendship True
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.
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Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social
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
Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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Fate Greatness Small Vanity Way Weakness Wisdom
Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Husband Marriage One Liner Wife
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
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Achievement Excellence Happiness Praise
Frequent the company of your betters.
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Appearance Better Company
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Brave Fashion One Liner
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Destiny One Liner Sport
Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Action Feeling
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Alone Friendship Herself Kind Parents
Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Argument Body Kindness Proud

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