Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYA person can’t help their birth.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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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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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Frequent the company of your betters.
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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.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Women are jealous of cigars, they regard them as a strong rival.
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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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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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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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