Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYI believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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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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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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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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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.”
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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