A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWhen I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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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Pray God, keep us simple.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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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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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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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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One 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.
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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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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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