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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries!—what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

— William Makepeace Thackeray Lovel the Widower (1860)

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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.

The History of Henry Esmond (1852)

Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Sketches and Travels in London (1847)

I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

The Virginians (1857)

How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy!

The History of Pendennis (1848)

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. Some of us can't: and are proud of our impotence, too.

The History of Pendennis (1848)

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