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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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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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Frequent the company of your betters.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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Humor is wit and love.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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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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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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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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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.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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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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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.
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