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Business first; pleasure afterwards.

Business first; pleasure afterwards.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Firsts, Pleasure, Business First
The Queen of Paflagonia in 'The Rose and the Ring' (1855) ch. 1

The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Life, Pleasure, Inferiors
William Makepeace Thackeray (1854). “The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family”, p.167

There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Life Is, Fame, Pleasure
William Makepeace Thackeray (1854). “The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family”, p.167

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