We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLet 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.
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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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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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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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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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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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