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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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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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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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