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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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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 love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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