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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
William Makepeace Thackeray
People
Self
Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Poor
Woman
The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Justice
Logic
Passion
Tears
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
William Makepeace Thackeray
England
Safety
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Love
Doubt
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
William Makepeace Thackeray
History
Thoughts
Books
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Name
I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Man
Pity
Senses
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Humor
Society
Dress
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 you.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Goal
Succeed
Will
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Despair
Promise
An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Evil
Light
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Thoughts
Lying
Man
Pen
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Successful
Fool
Ladies
Man
Now
Ugly
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Bravery
Fashion