Business first; pleasure afterwards.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYHint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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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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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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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.
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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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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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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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