"A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man."
"Satisfy yourself beyond all doubt that you are qualified for the course to which you now aspire.....and try to achieve something in your own land before you venture on a strange one."
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Source: Charles Dickens (2016). “Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit”, p.301, Xist Publishing
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