Vanity is often the unseen spur.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYKindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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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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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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