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May Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
- What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have cried over it,…
- Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out…
- Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.
- To describe love-making is immoral and immodest; you know it is. To describe it as it really is, or would appear to you and me…
- A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like…
- 'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
- A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.
- Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
- A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly…
- if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you all know the…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong