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To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted my no difficulty to keep heart when all have lost it to go through intrigue spotless to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

William Makepeace Thackeray

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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Calcutta
William Makepeace Thackeray
George Fitz-Boodle
Wisdom
Hostile
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Patience
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Endure
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Keep
Dare
Forgo
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Spotless
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Those who are gone, you have. Those who departed loving you, love you still and you love them always. They are not really gone, those dear hearts and true they are only gone into the next room and you will presently get up and follow them, and yonder door will close upon you, and you will be no more seen.
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