"To be thought rich is as good as to be rich."

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Source : William Makepeace Thackeray (1868). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.228

William Makepeace Thackeray

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“Progress of a marriage: There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy.”
“USA is suffering between imperialists and anti-imperialists. That is the situation. The most powerful country in the world is on its way back to the Stone Age.”
“Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.”
“The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.”
“By men's words we know them.”

Source : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
“And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the weight. And she went and did it, and look at her now!”

Source : "Love on the rocks". "Dateline NBC" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. February 6, 2014.
“It should not be presumed that these people (the Jews), who are so separated from us by their religion, have any right to make our laws. But why blame the Jews? It is we who lack all feeling for our own identity, all sense of honour.”

Source : Diary entry for November 14, 1878. "Cosima Wagner's Diaries: An Abridgment". Book edited by Geoffrey Skelton, 1994.
“There's so much I'm interested in that I didn't discover in high school. For 'The Amazing Spider-Man', because Gwen is a scientist, we went to a lab in San Diego, and we were learning about biology. And I'm fascinated! Because I never went to biology class in high school.”

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