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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Humor is wit and love.
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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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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
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