It’s a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYFrequent the company of your betters.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don’t want a rose to sing.
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The best of women are hypocrites.
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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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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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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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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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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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Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.
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We can’t all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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