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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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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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Humor is wit and love.
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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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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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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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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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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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