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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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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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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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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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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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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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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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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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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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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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