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Other Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the exodus of the…
- He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a…
- For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be had in listening…
- Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other…
- Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they…
- [As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither.
- Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so…
- To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of…
- Certain opuscules, denominated 'Christmas Books,' with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the exodus of the…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour