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• Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Death, Im Sorry, Dying

  William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899). “The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray”

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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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• I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Anniversary, Men, Pity

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.3917, Delphi Classics

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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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• The Pall Mall Gazette is written by gentlemen for gentlemen.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Gentleman, Malls, Written

  'Pendennis' (1848-50) ch. 32

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• You can't order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Order, Yesterday, Remembrance

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1868). “The Works: In Twenty-two Volumes. ¬The Virginians : a tale of the last century ; vol. I”, p.90

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• Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Kindness, Proud, Disagree

  "The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World: Shewing who Robbed Him, who Helped Him, and who Passed Him by".

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• When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Mean, Doubt, Single Women

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.7107, Delphi Classics

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• Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Friends, Forget, Snob

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• Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long."

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Life, Song, Women

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Miscellanies: Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.574

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

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  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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• Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Littles, Chapters, Seems

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.573, Delphi Classics

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• Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and planted it, so deal with your compliments through life. An acorn costs nothing, but it may spread into a prodigious timber.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Kindness, Pockets, Cost

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• We love being in love, that's the truth on't. If we had not met Joan, we should have met Kate, and adored her. We know our mistresses are no better than many other women, nor no prettier, nor no wiser, nor no wittier. 'Tis not for these reasons we love a woman, or for any special quality or charm I know of; we might as well demand that a lady should be the tallest woman in the world, like the Shropshire giantess, as that she should be a paragon in any other character, before we began to love her.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Character, Should Have

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1852). “The history of Henry Esmond, esq”, p.128

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• When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Men, Connected

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1868). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.181

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• True love is better than glory.

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  Love, Love Is, Glory

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1868). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.225

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• It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Levels, Lessons, Calamity

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• Humor is wit and love.

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  Humor, And Love, Wit

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.204

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• One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

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  Success, Men, Quality

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Widower”, p.159

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• The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness.

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  Kindness, Suffering, World

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1862). “The adventures of Philip on his way through the world”, p.158

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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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• 'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Kings, Business, Breakfast

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.6175, Delphi Classics

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• Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.

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  Forgiving, Debt, Failing

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1871). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories”, p.121

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• If success is rare and slow, everybody knows how quick and easy ruin is.

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  Ruins, Easy, Know How

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1849). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.152

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• We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  World, Lambs, Lions

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