Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAn immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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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.
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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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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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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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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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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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