The best of women are hypocrites.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Humor is wit and love.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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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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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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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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