"It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers? I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters? My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family? Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal? My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans?"

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

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"Large families are communities unto their own."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Society, Isolation, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Society, Truth, Values, Wealth

"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Society, Dress, Respect, Dogs, Appearance

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

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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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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."

"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

"Large families are communities unto their own."

"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

"There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes."

Explore more quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

"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."

"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

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

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

"Bravery never goes out of fashion."

"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

"I would rather make my name than inherit it."

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

"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!"