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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Hate Love People Reason
What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Charm Money Peace
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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Generosity Greeting Life Mirror Return Smile Yourself
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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Moral Prosperity Vice World
Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Natural Nature One Liner Revenge Wickedness
Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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Destiny Eternity Life Peace Soul Training
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
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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Herself Myself Mystery Puzzle Woman
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
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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Best Choice Doubt Fools Love Wisdom
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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Agreement Easy Existence Light Offend Wickedness
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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Children Education Fate Honor Luck Training
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Character Laughter People Selfish
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself

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