Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYAll is vanity, nothing is fair.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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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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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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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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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
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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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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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