Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYNever marry with the expectation of changing a person.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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 comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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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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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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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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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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