Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYWhich of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.
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Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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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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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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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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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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Humor is wit and love.
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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.
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