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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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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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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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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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Pray God, keep us simple.
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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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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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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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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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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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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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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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