The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe world is good natured to people who are good natured.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYTo 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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYExcept for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLearn 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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIt is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThere is a skeleton in every house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe best of women are hypocrites.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYNext to excellence is the appreciation of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOne of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAll is vanity, nothing is fair.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYI 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 THACKERAYHint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLove makes fools of us all, big and little.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYSir, 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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWhat a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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