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.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYMother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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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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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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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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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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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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