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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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When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education can do;…
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I ... [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.
— Samuel Adams
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One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one…
— Otto von Bismarck
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We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.
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Sooner or later a democracy which is to survive has to be able to rely upon that enlargement of vision and purpose…
— Ordway Tead
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My trust is solely in God. And I trust men only because I trust God. If I had no God to rely…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline…
— Terrence Howard
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You must learn to live with the big questions and wait for the next steps to arise. Only with this patience and…
— Marshall Vian Summers
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The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the…
— Will Durant
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Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is…
— Abdul Kalam
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If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives would be not only…
— Gore Vidal
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Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in…
— Gautama Buddha
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