No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA good laugh is sunshine in the house.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Humor is wit and love.
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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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A 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.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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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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A person can’t help their birth.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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