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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 sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as…
— Eva Braun
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If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.
— Arthur Guiterman
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I'm not sure I knew what an entrepreneur was when I was ten, but I knew that starting little businesses and trying…
— Steve Case
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There's one thing that's really great about waking up early, and it's not jogging or greeting the day - it's just that…
— Kathy Griffin
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A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo…
— Maya Angelou
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Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home.
— Pierre-Jean de Beranger
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According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God."…
— Louis de Montfort
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My good friends David and Avi sent me a text greeting from their gym in NYC at 8 a.m. this morning. Isn't…
— Unknown Author
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To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.
— Roger Ebert
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For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Do not think little of any good deed, even if it is just greeting your brother with a smile.
— Muhammad
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