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William Makepeace Thackeray has 191 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
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Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the…
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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the…
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Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
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There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of…
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style…
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he…
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What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she…
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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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For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be…
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I have seen youths bright eyed and fair groping after bubbles in rapture, and conceiving them diamonds and the glitter of fine…
— Theodore Dreiser
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Nothing's changed my life more. I feel better about myself as a person, being conscious and responsible for my actions and I…
— Alicia Silverstone
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The greatest kindness would put a bullet in his bright eye.
— Donald Hall
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The clean tongue, the clear head, and the bright eye are birthrights of each day.
— William Osler
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Vampires have bright eyes glistening white teeth unnaturally smooth skin and a certain animal magnetism. If they aren't pretty they starve. It's…
— Molly Harper
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Whereas I used to get depressed or neurotic or dwell on things, I see my son's bright eyes and smile in the…
— Corey Feldman
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Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize.
— John Milton
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Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew.
— Julia Caroline Dorr
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But if you had asked him what his work was, he would look candidly and openly at you with his large bright…
— Anton Chekhov
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The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget.…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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The largely objective character of beauty is further indicated by the fact that to a considerable extent beauty is the expression of…
— Havelock Ellis
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Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior,…
— Brigham Young
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