It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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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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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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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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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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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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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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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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The best of women are hypocrites.
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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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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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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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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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