There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

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To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is...

To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is...

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for...

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

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

Bravery never goes out of fashion

Bravery never goes out of fashion

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till...

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till...

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

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

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my...

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

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

And oh, what a mercy it is that these women do not exercise their powers...

And oh, what a mercy it is that these women do not exercise their powers...

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than...

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than...

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is...

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies...

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...