Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYBenevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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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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Humor is wit and love.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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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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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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