More from William Makepeace Thackeray

  1. It is to the middle class we must look for the safety of England.
  2. A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
  3. Bravery never goes out of fashion.
  4. Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of …
  5. 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; to go …
  6. Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.
  7. Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
  8. When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

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