Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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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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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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