Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The successful people don’t always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIt’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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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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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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The 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.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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