There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYNever lose a chance of saying a kind word.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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