Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Jealous Regard Rival Strong Woman
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
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Desire Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction World
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Honesty Strong Yourself
Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Admire Greatness Happiness Learning Life Right Spirit Worship
Humor is wit and love.
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Humor Intelligence Love One Liner Smart
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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Angry Creation Harm Intend Ourselves Wound
Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Death Exception Happiness Sorry
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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Goal Horizon Live Success Yourself
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Comfortable Greatness Imagination People Sick
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
Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Action Feeling
To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Appearance Fake Right Thinking
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Business Happiness Motivational
Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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See Vanity
If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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Bury Death Heart Love Yourself
Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Generosity Greeting Life Mirror Return Smile Yourself
Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity
Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Natural Nature One Liner Revenge Wickedness
Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Dare Inspirational Oppression World Yourself
It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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Adversity Day Learning Lesson Level Life
A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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Bright Enough Eyes Flame Forget Life Man Possession Reward
The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Goodness Nature People World
Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Husband Marriage One Liner Wife
You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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Mindset Order Remember Wrong
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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