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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
Novelist
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Calcutta
William Makepeace Thackeray
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To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don't want a rose to sing.
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Dare and the world always yields or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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We pass by common objects or persons without noticing them but the keen eye detects and notes types everywhere and among all classes.
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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.
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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.
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