Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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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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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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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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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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