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William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes: Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
         

Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.


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This page presents the quote "Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.". Author of this quote is William Makepeace Thackeray. This quote is about pleasure, worship, men, admire, great men, great things, life is, admiration, spirit,.