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.
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 world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Humor is wit and love.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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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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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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