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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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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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You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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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.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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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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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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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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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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