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• Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Kindness, Men, Mind

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.4253, Delphi Classics

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• Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Beauty, Beautiful, Eye

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “The Virginians: Christie's Collections”, p.126, 谷月社

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• When [men] see a pretty woman, and feel the delicious madness of love coming over them, they always stop to calculate her temper, her money, their own money, or suitableness for the married life.... Ha, ha, ha! Let us fool in this way no more. I have been in love forty-three times with all ranks and conditions of women, and would have married every time if they would have let me. How many wives had King Solomon, the wisest of men? And is not that story a warning to us that Love is master of the wisest? It is only fools who defy him.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Kings, Men

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• A snob is that man or woman who is always pretending to be something better--especially richer or more fashionable--than he is.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Pretending, Snob

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• I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Intellectual, Social

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval”, p.119

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• Though small was your allowance,
  You saved a little store:
  And those who save a little,
  Shall get a plenty more.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Littles, Stores, Allowance

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.550

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• Sure, love vincit omnia; is immeasurably above all ambition, more precious than wealth, more noble than name. He knows not life who knows not that: he hath not felt the highest faculty of the soul who hath not enjoyed it.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Ambition, Names

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2014). “Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges”, p.408, Simon and Schuster

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• Bad husbands will make bad wives.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Anniversary, Husband, Wife

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1855). “The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family”, p.165

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• Frequent the company of your betters.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Company

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1867). “The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures”, p.187

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• 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

  Life, Success, Men

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• Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Feelings, Action, Trifling

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• He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Character, Mean, Safe

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• I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Believe, Men, Moral

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.354

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• Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Revenge, Wicked, May

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.540, Delphi Classics

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• A person can't help their birth.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Helping, Birth, Persons

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1848). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.250

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• Those who are gone, you have. Those who departed loving you, love you still; and you love them always. They are not really gone, those dear hearts and true; they are only gone into the next room; and you will presently get up and follow them, and yonder door will close upon you, and you will be no more seen.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Heart, Doors

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2008). “Roundabout Papers: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.241, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Charming, Peacemaker

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1848). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.121, C.W. Parker, [1886-18-- or 19--]

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• It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Mistress, Affection, Easy

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• There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Real, Jewels, Vices

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.8937, Delphi Classics

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• Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Life, Years, Dinner

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1889). “The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: With Illustrations by the Author, and with Introductory Notes Setting Forth the History of the Several Works in Twenty-two Volumes”

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• The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lip,s though they cannot speak.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Eye, Opportunity, Hands

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1867). “Pendennis”, p.463

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• Love makes fools of us all, big and little.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Littles, Fool

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2008). “The History of Pendennis (Volume 1 of 6 ) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)”, p.167, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Friends, Wise, Surly

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval”, p.121

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• Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of the dress, the pleasure, the laughter, the ridicules of society. The old times live again. Can the heaviest historian do more for me?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Laughter, Book, Expression

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• Almost all women have hearts full of pity.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Heart, Pity

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