Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
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Pray God, keep us simple.
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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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There is a skeleton in every house.
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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