The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Humor is wit and love.
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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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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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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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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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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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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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