"Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with proud……" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with proud stomachs."
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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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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree…
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I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn't matter. We…
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It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's…
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Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract…
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be…
— Robert Byrd
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Often you hear stories about never working with children. I disagree because children still have that residual magical thinking. They…
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They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not…
— Herman Cain
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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will…
— John Calvin
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and…
— Benjamin Carson
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A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself…
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