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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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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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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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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The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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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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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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