There is a skeleton in every house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYEvery man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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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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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Humor is wit and love.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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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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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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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.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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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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