black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

William Makepeace Thackeray

Related Topics

Fate Greatness Small Vanity Way Weakness Wisdom

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Dare Inspirational Oppression World Yourself
The best of women are hypocrites.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Hypocrisy Woman
Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Action Born Establishment Habit People Success Work
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Lose Love Relationship Win
Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Change Expectation Marriage Person
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Chance Kind Lose Word
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social
Humor is wit and love.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Humor Intelligence Love One Liner Smart
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Children God Heart Lips Mom Name
When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Herself Myself Mystery Puzzle Woman
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Generosity Greeting Life Mirror Return Smile Yourself
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Comfortable Greatness Imagination People Sick
It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Destiny Fate Glimpse Machine Ourselves Past Time
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Honesty Strong Yourself
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Achievement Excellence Happiness Praise

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes