More from William Makepeace Thackeray
Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited.
“Mr. Brown’s Letters to His Nephew: On Love, Marriage, Men and Women”, p. 109.- The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 6.
- The Book of Snobs (1848), Ch. 2: “The Snob Royal”
More about courage
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
