There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWomen are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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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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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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