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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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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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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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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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