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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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Clear Fate Preparation Way Willing
If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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Bury Death Heart Love Yourself
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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Attack Dare Fortune Man Remember Secret Success World Yourself
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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Agreement Easy Existence Light Offend Wickedness
Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Comfortable Greatness Imagination People Sick
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Ambition Dare Difficult End Endurance Fortune Greatness Intrigue Tired
Frequent the company of your betters.
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Appearance Better Company
We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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Best Heaven Love Purity Repeat Spirit
It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Comparison Easy Hard Leaving Oneself
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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Angry Creation Harm Intend Ourselves Wound
All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Fair Justice One Liner Right
Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Active Believe Man Moral Myself
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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Moral Prosperity Vice World
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself

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