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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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And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I…
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There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really…
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and…
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We were never meant to be baby, we just happened
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Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily…
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There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to purely spiritual creature. That is why…
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All of us are heaven-sent, and there was never meant to be only one.
— Brandon Boyd
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The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself.…
— Frederick Forsyth
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My playing music is strictly for fun. When I was in a band, I was really excited to talk about it since…
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