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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOne 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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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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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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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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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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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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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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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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