If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThose who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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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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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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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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Every 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!
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