Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWomen are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A person can’t help their birth.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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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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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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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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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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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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