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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYHumor is wit and love.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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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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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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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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