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.
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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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
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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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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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