Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYExcept for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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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.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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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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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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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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