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

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

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
William Makepeace Thackeray

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

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

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
William Makepeace Thackeray

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
William Makepeace Thackeray

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