English - Novelist | July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
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Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
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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.
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An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.
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A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
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