There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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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 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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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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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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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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