The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have … - William Makepeace Thackeray

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A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality.

William Makepeace Thackeray

The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness.

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Almost all women have hearts full of pity.

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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.

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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.

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