An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYHumor is wit and love.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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A person can’t help their birth.
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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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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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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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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