It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOut 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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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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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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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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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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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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