"There is a skeleton in every house." — William Makepeace Thackeray
"There is a skeleton in every house."
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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?
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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 Every House Quotes
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The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit…
— Alvar Aalto
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It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many…
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
— Louisa May Alcott
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A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they…
— Benjamin Franklin
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We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but…
— Swami Vivekananda
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They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we…
— Patrick Henry
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On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station…
— Mary Antin
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We just kept moving back and forth because my mother never had a job. We kept getting kicked out of…
— Eminem
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You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But…
— Salman Rushdie
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We've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength…
— Jimmy Carter
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Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every…
— John Stuart Mill
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In every house of marriage there's room for an interpreter.
— Stanley Kunitz
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