"The true pleasure of life is to live…" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors."
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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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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state…
— Aristotle
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One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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We reject segregation even more militantly than you say you do! We want separation, which is not the same! The…
— Malcolm X
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There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
— Irving Layton
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There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be…
— Walter Raleigh
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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What is the use of this fuss about morality when the issue only involves a horse? The first and most…
— Unknown Author
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And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and…
— Thucydides
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Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having…
— John Vianney
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
— Plato
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