Business first; pleasure afterwards.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIn the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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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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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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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.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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