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 THACKERAYPray God, keep us simple.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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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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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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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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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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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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