It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThere are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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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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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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