Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWhat a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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A person can’t help their birth.
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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