Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYI 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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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 cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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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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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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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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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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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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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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