William M. Thackeray
William M. Thackeray
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Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.
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If a man character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! -- what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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By economy and good management -- by a sparing use of ready money and by paying scarcely anybody, -- people can manage to make a great show with very little means.
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I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
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The play is done; the curtain drops,Slow falling to the prompter's bellA moment yet the actor stopsAnd looks around to say farewell.It is an irksome word and task:And when he's laughed and said his say,He shows, as he removes the mask,A face that's anything but gay.
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The play is done; the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell A moment yet the actor stops And looks around to say farewell. It is an irksome word and task: And when he's laughed and said his say, He shows, as he removes the mask, A face that's anything but gay.
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What peace, what love, what truth, what beauty, what happiness for all, what generous kindness for you and me, are here spread out!
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I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do -- a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil.
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So he sighed and pined and ogled,And his passion boiled and bubbled,Till he blew his silly brains out,And no more was by it troubled.
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So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled.
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She looks so haughty that I should have thought her a princess at the very least, with a pedigree reaching as far back as the Deluge. But this lady was no better born than many other ladies who give themselves airs; and all sensible people laughed at her absurd pretensions.
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Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.
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Life is the soul's nursery - Its training place for the destinies of eternity.