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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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
You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Face Man Reflection World
I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Active Believe Man Moral Myself
Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Dare Inspirational Oppression World Yourself
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Children God Heart Lips Mom Name
One 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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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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Fate Greatness Small Vanity Way Weakness Wisdom
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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Conversation Generation Lips Philosophy Style Thinking Wisdom
Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Jealous Regard Rival Strong Woman
The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Goodness Nature People World
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
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
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Enemy Fools Himself See
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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Fortune God Greatness Man Quality Success
Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity

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