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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Bright Enough Eyes Flame Forget Life Man Possession Reward
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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Destiny Fate Glimpse Machine Ourselves Past Time
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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Change Heart Life Lover Man Oneself Preparation Quick Sad Woman
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Alone Friendship Herself Kind Parents
When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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Herself Myself Mystery Puzzle Woman
Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Husband Marriage One Liner Wife
Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Generosity Greeting Life Mirror Return Smile Yourself
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Forget Friendship True
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Best Lose Love Relationship Win
I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Active Believe Man Moral Myself
Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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Children Education Fate Honor Luck Training
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Believe Life Mortal Percentage
The best of women are hypocrites.
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Best Hypocrisy Woman

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