"An evil person is like a dirty window,……" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through."
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William Makepeace Thackeray
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183 Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray has 183 quotes on this site.
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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 Dirty Quotes
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Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.
— Elizabeth Banks
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I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
— Brigitte Bardot
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I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.
— Brigitte Bardot
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When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing…
— Mario Batali
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a…
— Orlando Bloom
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I see L.A. as a beautiful blonde with dirty underwear.
— David Boreanaz
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Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it…
— Joseph Brodsky
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I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads…
— Alton Brown
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It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and…
— George Burns
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
— Barbara Bush
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We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources…
— Buzz Aldrin
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