We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAll is vanity, nothing is fair.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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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If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
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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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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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