"Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy……" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?"
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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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