No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThen sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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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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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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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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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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