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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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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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Clear Fate Preparation Way Willing
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Achievement Excellence Happiness Praise
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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Angry Believe Consistent Greatness Hate Lying Order
It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Comparison Easy Hard Leaving Oneself
Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Action Feeling
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
Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Argument Body Kindness Proud
We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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Creature Eat Food Kindness World
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Easy Forgot Injury Kindness Man Mindset Worth
Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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Admire Greatness Happiness Learning Life Right Spirit Worship
Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
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Beyond Feeling Grave Hope Leaving Life Love Myself Past Reach Survive Thinking
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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Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Children God Heart Lips Mom Name
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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Active Confidence Friendship Man Modesty Peace
Frequent the company of your betters.
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Appearance Better Company
Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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Choice Economics Friendship Goodness Wisdom

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