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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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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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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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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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