Vanity is often the unseen spur.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
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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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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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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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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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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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