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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

William Makepeace Thackeray

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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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Choice Doubt Fools Love Wisdom
The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.
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Decision Eyes Greatness Hands Life Lips Moments Talk World
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Goodness Home Laughter Sunshine
I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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Goodness Intellectual Live Man Social
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Hate Love People Reason
Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Attach Better Endurance Fortune Life Love Man Smart Yourself
It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Comfortable Greatness Imagination People Sick
Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody’s fine feelings may be offended.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Agreement Easy Existence Light Offend Wickedness
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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Best Heaven Love Purity Repeat Spirit
I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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Active Believe Man Moral Myself
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Goal Horizon Live Success Yourself
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Enemy Fools Himself See
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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Attack Dare Fortune Man Remember Secret Success World Yourself
Vanity is often the unseen spur.
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See Vanity
Frequent the company of your betters.
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Appearance Better Company
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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

Best Couple Love See Sight Wonder Young

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