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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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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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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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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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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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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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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