Vanity is often the unseen spur.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYUnder the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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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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There is a skeleton in every house.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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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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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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