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 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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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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