There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real and vice versa.

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

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

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

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

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

There is no such thing in life as normal.