Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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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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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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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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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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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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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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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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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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