Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIt 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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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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