Bad husbands will make bad wives.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA 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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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Humor is wit and love.
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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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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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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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