Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThen 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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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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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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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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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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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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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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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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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