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One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Success, Men, Quality
William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Widower”, p.159

Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?

William Makepeace Thackeray
Doubt, Quality, World
William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.899, Delphi Classics

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Contentment, Quality, Great Qualities
William Makepeace Thackeray (1857). “Miscellanies: Prose and Verse. ¬The Fitz-Boodle papers. Men's wives. A shabby genteel story. The history of Samuel Titmarsh and the great Hoggarty diamond”, p.87

Tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for the circumstance which gave them a being.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Heart, Quality, Endurance
William Makepeace Thackeray (1852). “The history of Henry Esmond, esq”, p.50

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