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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Big Fools Love Small
It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Destiny Fate Glimpse Machine Ourselves Past Time
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Goodness Home Laughter Sunshine
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Fools Man Wisdom Yourself
You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Mindset Order Remember Wrong
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Character Laughter People Selfish
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Attack Dare Fortune Man Remember Secret Success World Yourself
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Couple Love See Sight Wonder Young
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Agreement Easy Existence Light Offend Wickedness
A person can’t help their birth.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Born Fate Help One Liner Person
Vanity is often the unseen spur.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

See Vanity
Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Action Born Establishment Habit People Success Work
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Honesty Strong Yourself
Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Empty Laughter Life
If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Bury Death Heart Love Yourself
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?
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Ambition Dare Difficult End Endurance Fortune Greatness Intrigue Tired

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