Bad husbands will make bad wives.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe world is good natured to people who are good natured.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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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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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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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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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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