William M. Thackeray
William M. Thackeray
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Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.
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It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang:"Who loves not wine, woman, and song,He is a fool his whole life long!
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Everyone knows the harm the bad do, but who knows the mischief done by the good?
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. . . it tastes well, the bread which you earn yourself.
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The two most engaging powers of a good author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.
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'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult.
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Though small was your allowance,You saved a little store:And those who save a littleShall get a plenty more.
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Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are
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Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are
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There lived a sage in days of yore,And he a handsome pigtail wore;But wondered much and sorrowed moreBecause it hung behind him.
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There lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! -- what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill, Little care we; Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree