When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYIn the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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Humor is wit and love.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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