All is vanity, nothing is fair.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYDare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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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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 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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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Sir, 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.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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