We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLove makes fools of us all, big and little.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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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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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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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.
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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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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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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Humor is wit and love.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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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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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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