Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLearn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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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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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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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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