When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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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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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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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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