In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess ’em.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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To 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?
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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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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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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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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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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