“People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Conceit
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“Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.”
William M. Thackeray
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“If a man character is to be abused there’s nobody like a relative to do the business.”
William M. Thackeray
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“Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.”
William M. Thackeray
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“I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.”
William M. Thackeray
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“The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”
William M. Thackeray
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“Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Motivational
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“It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“‘Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Women
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“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.”
William M. Thackeray
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“I would rather make my name than inherit it.”
William M. Thackeray
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“Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! — what worthy man does not keep those in mind?”
William M. Thackeray
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“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Humor
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“People hate as they love, unreasonably.”
William M. Thackeray
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“Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.”
William M. Thackeray
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“It’s not dying for faith that’s so hard, it’s living up to it.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Faith
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“‘Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard… ‘Tis the living up to it that’s difficult.”
William M. Thackeray
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“When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.”
William M. Thackeray
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“Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Despair
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“Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.”
William M. Thackeray
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Death
