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«It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit»
«The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion.»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author, Novelist)
| Keywords:
companion, frown, in turn, jollier, jolly, looking glass, reflection, sourly
«People hate as they love, unreasonably.»
«Next to excellence is the appreciation of it»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author, Novelist)
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Appreciation,
Excellence
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appreciation
«Follow your honest convictions and be strong»
«I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author, Novelist)
| Keywords:
congratulate, congratulated, congratulates, congratulating
«There lived a sage in days of yore,And he a handsome pigtail wore;But wondered much and sorrowed moreBecause it hung behind him.»
«The play is done; the curtain drops,Slow falling to the prompter's bellA moment yet the actor stopsAnd looks around to say farewell.It is an irksome word and task:And when he's laughed and said his say,He shows, as he removes the mask,A face that's anything but gay.»
«The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author, Novelist)
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blots, blotted, blotting, Book of, courts, Court of Justice, female
«What peace, what love, what truth, what beauty, what happiness for all, what generous kindness for you and me, are here spread out!»
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