I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYYou can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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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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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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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 are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Humor is wit and love.
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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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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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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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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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