Bravery never goes out of fashion.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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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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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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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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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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