Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWe can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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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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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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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 is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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