I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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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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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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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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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.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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