A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYFollow your honest convictions and be strong.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLife is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYTo endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYYou can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYNext to excellence is the appreciation of it.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYEvery 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!
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWomen are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYI set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYOne of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYLove makes fools of us all, big and little.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYBravery never goes out of fashion.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIt is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe 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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIf thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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