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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Conversation Generation Lips Philosophy Style Thinking Wisdom
One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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Fortune God Greatness Man Quality Success
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
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.
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Admire Greatness Happiness Learning Life Right Spirit Worship
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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Himself Lying Man Pen Thinking Writing
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.
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Decision Eyes Greatness Hands Life Lips Moments Talk World
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Children God Heart Lips Mom Name
Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Empty Laughter Life
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
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Character Laughter People Selfish
There is a skeleton in every house.
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Bone Home
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Enemy Fools Himself See
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
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Brave Fashion One Liner
Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Argument Body Kindness Proud
What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Charm Money Peace
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
Humor is wit and love.
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Humor Intelligence Love One Liner Smart
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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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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Best Couple Love See Sight Wonder Young
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Honesty Strong Yourself
Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
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Beyond Feeling Grave Hope Leaving Life Love Myself Past Reach Survive Thinking
There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Diamond Life Reality
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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Attach Better Endurance Fortune Life Love Man Smart Yourself
Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Beautiful Eyes Ourselves Perspective Philosophy
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Heaven Look Love Myself Paradise Relationship See Thinking Yourself
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

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