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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
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
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What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative what a kind, good-natured old creature we find her!
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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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.
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Though small was your allowance, You saved a little store: And those who save a little, Shall get a plenty more.
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Tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for the circumstance which gave them a being.
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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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No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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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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