All is vanity, nothing is fair.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThere are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Ah 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.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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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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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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