People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYMoney has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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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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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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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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