Business first; pleasure afterwards.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThere are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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Humor is wit and love.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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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.”
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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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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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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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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