It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAll is vanity, nothing is fair.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make pure spirits more pure.
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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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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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.
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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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