Pray God, keep us simple.
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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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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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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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Humor is wit and love.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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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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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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