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Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which o...

Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?-Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

He was always thinking of his ...

He was always thinking of his brother's soul, or of the souls of those who differed with him in opinion: it is a sort of comfort which many of the serious give themselves.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

[As they say in the old legend...

[As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wa...

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

When I say that I know women, ...

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.

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Ho, pretty page, with the dimp...

Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin. Wait till you come to Forty Year.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

As fits the holy Christmas bir...

As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To men of gentle will.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

What is a gentleman? It is to ...

What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Those we love can but walk dow...

Those we love can but walk down to the pier with us - the voyage we must make alone.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

It is all very well for you, w...

It is all very well for you, who have probably never seen any spiritual manifestations, to talk as you do; but if you had seen what I have witnessed you would hold a different opinion.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

What part of confidante has th...

What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have cried over it, tobe sure! What sickbeds it has smoked by! What fevered lips have received refreshment from it! Nature meant very kindly by women when she made thetea plant; and with a little thought, what a series of pictures and groupsthe fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

I never was much of an oyster ...

I never was much of an oyster eater, nor can I relish them 'in naturalibus' as some do, but require a quantity of sauces, lemons, cayenne peppers, bread and butter, and so forth, to render them palatable.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

I will bring order from chaos ...

I will bring order from chaos and light from darkness.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Learn to admire rightly; the g...

Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Fairy roses, fairy rings, turn...

Fairy roses, fairy rings, turn out sometimes troublesome things.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

It is only hope which is real,...

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

We love being in love, that's ...

We love being in love, that's the truth on't.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Perhaps all early love affairs...

Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens.

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How hard it is to make an Engl...

How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

So they pass away: friends, ki...

So they pass away: friends, kindred, the dearest-loved, grown people, aged, infants. As we go on the down-hill journey, the mile-stones are grave-stones, and on each more and more names are written; unless haply you live beyond man's common age, when friends have dropped off, and, tottering, and feeble, and unpitied, you reach the terminus alone.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....