Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYVanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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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.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Then 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.”
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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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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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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