There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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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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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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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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To 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.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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