You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAh 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.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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