The 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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Diamond Life Reality
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Believe Life Mortal Percentage
When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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Herself Myself Mystery Puzzle Woman
No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Custom Exception Habit Live Motivational
Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Business Happiness Motivational
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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Angry Believe Consistent Greatness Hate Lying Order
Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Argument Body Kindness Proud
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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Ambition Dare Difficult End Endurance Fortune Greatness Intrigue Tired
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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Agreement Easy Existence Light Offend Wickedness
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Destiny Eternity Life Peace Soul Training
I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social
Humor is wit and love.
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Humor Intelligence Love One Liner Smart
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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Destiny Fate Glimpse Machine Ourselves Past Time
It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Company Friendship Heart
A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Appearance Happiness Heart Joy
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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Clear Fate Preparation Way Willing
It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Comparison Easy Hard Leaving Oneself
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Face Man Reflection World
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Goodness Home Laughter Sunshine
Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
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Action Born Establishment Habit People Success Work
Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Action Feeling
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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Fate Greatness Small Vanity Way Weakness Wisdom
Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Destiny One Liner Sport
Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Jealous Regard Rival Strong Woman
Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Big Fools Love Small

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