"Always to be right, always to trample forward,……" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?"
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183 Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
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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…
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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and…
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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…
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates…
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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…
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What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults…
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent…
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For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure…
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More Doubt Quotes
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There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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I want to state unequivocally for the world, as well as for the markets, as well as for the American…
— Michele Bachmann
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with…
— Francis Bacon
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In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to…
— Christian Bale
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Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
— Hosea Ballou
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Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.
— John Banville
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If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained…
— William Barclay
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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
— Henry Adams
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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to…
— John Adams
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The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would…
— Dave Barry
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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