To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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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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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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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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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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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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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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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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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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