Vanity is often the unseen spur.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYUnder 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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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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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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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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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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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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