The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A person can’t help their birth.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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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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Pray God, keep us simple.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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You can’t order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.
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