William Makepeace Thackeray on big
William Makepeace Thackeray90 quotes“Love makes fools of us all, big and little.”
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray 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.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray A person can’t help their birth.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Frequent the company of your betters.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Bravery never goes out of fashion.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray There is a skeleton in every house.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray All is vanity, nothing is fair.
William Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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