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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYDare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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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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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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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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Humor is wit and love.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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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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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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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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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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There is a skeleton in every house.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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