A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYNever marry with the expectation of changing a person.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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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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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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