black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Related Topics

Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Choice Economics Friendship Goodness Wisdom
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Choice Doubt Fools Love Wisdom
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!
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Attach Better Endurance Fortune Life Love Man Smart Yourself
Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Fate Greatness Small Vanity Way Weakness Wisdom
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Active Confidence Friendship Man Modesty Peace
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Hate Love People Reason
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Character Laughter People Selfish
Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Empty Laughter Life
Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Death Exception Happiness Sorry
When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Clear Fate Preparation Way Willing
What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Charm Money Peace
It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Company Friendship Heart
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Couple Love See Sight Wonder Young
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Attack Dare Fortune Man Remember Secret Success World Yourself
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Enemy Fools Himself See
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Heaven Look Love Myself Paradise Relationship See Thinking Yourself

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes