I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYTo be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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