William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

He was always thinking of his brother's soul, or of the souls of those who differed with him in opinion: it is a sort of comfort which many of the serious give themselves.

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• He was always thinking of his brother's soul, or of the souls of those who differed with him in opinion: it is a sort of comfort which many of the serious give themselves.

  

  William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Thinking
  • Soul
  • Giving