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The world is a looking glass ...

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

A clever, ugly man every now ...

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

It is to the middle-class we ...

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Next to the young, I suppose ...

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

When I walk with you I feel a...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

People who do not know how to...

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Except for the young or very ...

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

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

The book of female logic is b...

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Almost all women have hearts ...

Almost all women have hearts full of pity.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

What a charming reconciler an...

What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Successful people aren't born...

Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Happy! Who is happy? Was ther...

Happy! Who is happy? Was there not a serpent in Paradise itself? And if Eve had been perfectly happy beforehand, would she have listened to the tempter?

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.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Dare and the world always yie...

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Who was the blundering idiot ...

Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

All is vanity, look you; and ...

All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

It is from the level of calam...

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

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

If there is no love more in y...

If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Life without laughing is a dr...

Life without laughing is a dreary blank.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

Frequent the company of your ...

Frequent the company of your betters.

William Makepeace Thackeray 332 quotes

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