I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYNo particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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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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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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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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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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