Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThen 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.”
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A person can’t help their birth.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Humor is wit and love.
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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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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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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