Special Dictionary / Quotations / William Makepeace Thackeray
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18 Quotations of William Makepeace Thackeray.
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'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an ...2.
A cheerful look brings joy to the he ...3.
A good laugh is sunshine in a ho ...4.
A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom s ...5.
Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats y ...6.
Bravery never goes out of fashi ...7.
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promi ...8.
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Bet ...9.
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in s ...10.
I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his ...11.
If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the ...12.
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts ...13.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to ...14.
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is ...15.
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his ...16.
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he t ...17.
What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness i ...18.
Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a ...