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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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Take notice not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies. Mercies are never so savoury as when…
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Presently, we were aware of an odour gradually coming towards us, something musky, fiery, savoury, mysterious, - a hot drowsy smell, that…
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I love chicken fingers, I love French fries. I love desserts. I'm not just into dessert or just into savoury food. I…
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All philanthropy is only a savoury fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer.
— Ellen Key
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To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.
— Aristophanes
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In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house…
— David Walliams
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The tang of tamarind is a great way both to flavour and lighten up slow-cooked savoury dishes.
— Yotam Ottolenghi
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I get great pleasure from stuffed foods, from an apple strudel to a vegetable samosa, from a whole roasted bird with a…
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I love how you are getting down in your little buffet of savoury deserts.
— Tim Westwood
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I love chicken fingers, I love French fries. I love desserts. Im not just into dessert of just into savoury food. I…
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