One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYKindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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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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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Learn 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.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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