I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThere are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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