"No particular motive for living, except the custom……" — William Makepeace Thackeray

"No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it."

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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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?
Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident…
At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and…
Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true…
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates…
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very…
What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults…
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent…
For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure…

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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
Custom is second nature. — Saint Augustine
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be… — Marcus Aurelius
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to… — Francis Bacon
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs… — Ruth Benedict
Custom reconciles us to everything. — Edmund Burke
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. — Samuel Butler
It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head… — Sholom Aleichem
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. — Dante Alighieri
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may… — Lord Chesterfield
The best interpreter of the law is custom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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