William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Choice Economics Friendship Goodness Wisdom
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Easy Forgot Injury Kindness Man Mindset Worth
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Children God Heart Lips Mom Name
I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Active Believe Man Moral Myself
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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Conversation Generation Lips Philosophy Style Thinking Wisdom
A person can’t help their birth.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Born Fate Help One Liner Person
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Character Laughter People Selfish
Frequent the company of your betters.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Appearance Better Company
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Brave Fashion One Liner
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Alone Friendship Herself Kind Parents
Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Dinner Eat Goodness Health Man Mindset Reading
There is a skeleton in every house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Bone Home
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Active Confidence Friendship Man Modesty Peace
Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Different Eyes Money Value
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Desire Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction World
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Achievement Excellence Happiness Praise
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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Moral Prosperity Vice World
All is vanity, nothing is fair.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Fair Justice One Liner Right
One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Angry Believe Consistent Greatness Hate Lying Order
Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Natural Nature One Liner Revenge Wickedness
It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Company Friendship Heart
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
Business first; pleasure afterwards.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Business Happiness Motivational
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Attack Dare Fortune Man Remember Secret Success World Yourself
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?
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Ambition Dare Difficult End Endurance Fortune Greatness Intrigue Tired
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Comfortable Greatness Imagination People Sick

William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

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