Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society learn to admire rightly the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.William Makepeace Thackeray
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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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It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
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Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
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If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor.
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