All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
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Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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