"Women like not only to conquer, but to…" — William Makepeace Thackeray
"Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered."
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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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More Conquer Quotes
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.
— Theodore Bikel
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
— William Blake
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My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.
— Mary J. Blige
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
— Thomas Carlyle
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
— Dale Carnegie
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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever…
— Dale Carnegie
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes…
— Dale Carnegie
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You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear…
— Dale Carnegie
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I don't conquer, I submit.
— Giacomo Casanova
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Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
— Winston Churchill
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I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve…
— Winston Churchill
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