The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWe 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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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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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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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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