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“The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.” quote by William Makepeace Thackeray — Download Open image

“The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”

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“To those great geniuses now in petticoats, who shall write novels for the beloved reader's children, these men and things will be as much…

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When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your…

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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,…

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As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet…

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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

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Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

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Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow…

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Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you.

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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…

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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.

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Vanity is often the unseen spur.

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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

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