Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLife is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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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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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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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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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Humor is wit and love.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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