| 15 Famous Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
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“Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand”
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“He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.”
Hearing Quotes Source: Virginians (ch. XXXII)
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“Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men
claiming and bearing them.”
Royalty Quotes Source: Roundabout Papers--On Ribbons
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“Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create
anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the
thorns in our cushion.
- William Makepeace Thackeray,”
Wounds Quotes Source: Roundabout Papers--The Thorn in the Cushion
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“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.”
Motherhood Quotes Source: Vanity Fair (vol. II, ch. XII)
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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.”
Christmas Quotes Source: The Mahogany-Tree
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“Although I enter not,
Yet round about the spot
Ofttimes I hover;
And near the sacred gate,
With longing eyes I wait,
Expectant of her.”
Expectation Quotes Source: Pendennis--At the Church Gate
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“Novelty has charms that our mind can hardly withstand.”
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“To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness?”
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“A good laugh is sunshine in a house.”
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“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
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“It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.”
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“A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.”
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“Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.”
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“Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.”
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William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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