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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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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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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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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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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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