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There is a skeleton in every house.

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
Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Jealous Regard Rival Strong Woman
Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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Empty Fake Fools Place Pretend Vanity Wickedness
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
The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Goodness Nature People World
Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Business Happiness Motivational
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Desire Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction World
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Character Laughter People Selfish
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Honesty Strong Yourself
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.”
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Fools Himself Life Song Wine Woman
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Empty Laughter Life
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
Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
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Action Born Establishment Habit People Success Work
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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