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William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

What man’s life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may? Picture Quote #1

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play Picture Quote #1

A crow, who had flown away with a cheese from a dairy window, sate perched on a tree looking down at a great big frog in a pool underneath him Picture Quote #1

And one man is as good as another - and a great dale betther, as the Irish philosopher said Picture Quote #1

Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it Picture Quote #1

When I say that I know women, I mean that 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 Picture Quote #1

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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise - a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow Picture Quote #1

You who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your pedigree, or are proud of your wealth Picture Quote #1

What woman, however old, has not the bridal favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart? Picture Quote #1

Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy? Picture Quote #1

I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valor so far beyond every other quality for reward and worship Picture Quote #1

Ah! Thank heaven, travelers find Samaritans as well as Levites on life’s hard way Picture Quote #1

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All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature Picture Quote #1

As an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is a game that can be played by day, by night, at home and abroad, and at which you must win in the long run.... What an interest it imparts to life! Picture Quote #1

You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth Picture Quote #1

I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to run. The cold snow strikes down from the head, and checks the glow of feeling. Who wants to survive into old age after abdicating all his faculties one by one, and be sans teeth, sans eyes, sans memory, sans hope, sans sympathy? Picture Quote #1

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Almost all women will give a sympathizing hearing to men who are in love. Be they ever so old, they grow young again with that conversation, and renew their own early times Picture Quote #1

A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don’t know their own power. They would overcome us entirely if they did Picture Quote #1

The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness Picture Quote #1

If dying, I yet live in a tender heart or two; nor am I lost and hopeless living, if a sainted departed soul still loves and prays for me Picture Quote #1

What will a man not do when frantic with love? To what baseness will he not demean himself? What pangs will he not make others suffer, so that he may ease his selfish heart? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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An intelligent wife can make her home, in spite of exigencies, pretty much what she pleases Picture Quote #1

An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life Picture Quote #1

Not only is the world informed of everything about you, but of a great deal more Picture Quote #1

As if the ray which travels from the sun would reach me sooner than the man who blacks my boots Picture Quote #1

Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. Attacking is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb Picture Quote #1

Who has not seen how women bully women? What tortures have men to endure compared to those daily repeated shafts of scorn and cruelty with which poor women are riddled by the tyrants of their sex? Picture Quote #1

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What man’s life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may? (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) A crow, who had flown away with a cheese from a dairy window, sate perched on a tree looking down at a great big frog in a pool underneath him (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) And one man is as good as another - and a great dale betther, as the Irish philosopher said (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) When I say that I know women, I mean that 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 Quotes) Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise - a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) You who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your pedigree, or are proud of your wealth (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) What woman, however old, has not the bridal favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart? (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy? (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valor so far beyond every other quality for reward and worship (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Ah! Thank heaven, travelers find Samaritans as well as Levites on life’s hard way (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) As an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is a game that can be played by day, by night, at home and abroad, and at which you must win in the long run.... What an interest it imparts to life! (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) 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 Quotes) Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to run. The cold snow strikes down from the head, and checks the glow of feeling. Who wants to survive into old age after abdicating all his faculties one by one, and be sans teeth, sans eyes, sans memory, sans hope, sans sympathy? (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Almost all women will give a sympathizing hearing to men who are in love. Be they ever so old, they grow young again with that conversation, and renew their own early times (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don’t know their own power. They would overcome us entirely if they did (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) If dying, I yet live in a tender heart or two; nor am I lost and hopeless living, if a sainted departed soul still loves and prays for me (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) What will a man not do when frantic with love? To what baseness will he not demean himself? What pangs will he not make others suffer, so that he may ease his selfish heart? (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) 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 Quotes) An intelligent wife can make her home, in spite of exigencies, pretty much what she pleases (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Not only is the world informed of everything about you, but of a great deal more (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) As if the ray which travels from the sun would reach me sooner than the man who blacks my boots (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. Attacking is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes) Who has not seen how women bully women? What tortures have men to endure compared to those daily repeated shafts of scorn and cruelty with which poor women are riddled by the tyrants of their sex? (William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes)

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