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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
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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.
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Humor is wit and love.
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If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
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If fun is good, truth is still better, and love best of all.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.
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Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.
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What is wanted for the nonce is, that folks should be as agreeable as possible in conversation and demeanor so that good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in societ.
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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.
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Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.
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Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.
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Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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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.
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Business first pleasure afterwards.
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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
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One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.
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