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'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

~William Makepeace Thackeray

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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.

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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

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Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

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Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

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It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

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Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

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Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

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I would rather make my name than inherit it.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: July 18th, 1811

Died: December 24th, 1863

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