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Wise Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
- What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and,…
- So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are…
- What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all…
- Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
- If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
- A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly…
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