"If I mayn't tell you what I feel,……" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"If I mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the use of a friend?"
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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 Bitterness Quotes
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— Francis Bacon
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
— Francis Bacon
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
— Joseph Addison
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There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal…
— Allen Boyd
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just…
— Jo Brand
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I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that…
— Jo Brand
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
— Terry Brooks
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
— Robert Burton
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How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!
— Albert Camus
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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
— Dante Alighieri
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