If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
An 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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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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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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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