Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAn immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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