W. M. Thackeray
Indian-born, British novelist
Lived from: 1811 - 1863
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 18 july 1811 Died: 24 december 1863
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lt is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
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Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
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People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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The two most engaging powers of a good author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.
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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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There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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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; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
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What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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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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Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.
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