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

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Men exist for the sake of one another."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Let no such man be trusted."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you."

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"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

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"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

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"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."

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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

"Men exist for the sake of one another."

"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."

"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"Let no such man be trusted."

"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."

"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

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"What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes."

"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

"It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit."

"People hate as they love, unreasonably."

"Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you."

"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

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

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."