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Upon 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…
- Nature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men. Their very presence…
- A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance,…
- All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature.
- We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors:…
- The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn…
- A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a…
- 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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