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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 Thackeray

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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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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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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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.
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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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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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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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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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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Honesty Strong Yourself
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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