Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher

Summary

This quote suggests that individuals who prioritize and abandon their existing friendships in favor of befriending people in higher social positions are considered snobbish. It implies that those who value status over true connections with others are shallow and disregard the importance of genuine friendships. The quote encourages fostering and appreciating existing relationships rather than seeking validation from those of higher stature.

Topics

By William Makepeace Thackeray

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought.

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

Let me assure you, nothing in this life feels better than ha

Let me assure you, nothing in this life feels better than having the confidence that you can take care of yourself and your family and know that you can continue to grow and excel in your profession and as a person.

It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react

It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may become so habitual we don't even realize we have them unless we stop to focus on them. And they don't just sit there idly; they have CONSEQUENCES. The beliefs are the direct cause of what we feel and what we do next. They can spell the difference between dejection and giving up, on the one hand, and well-being and constructive action on the other. The first step is to see the connection between adversity, belief, and consequence. The second step is to see how the ABCs operate every day in your own life.

Martin E. P. Seligman

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disser

We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.

There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on

There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.

I once knew a girl In the years of my youth With eyes like t

I once knew a girl In the years of my youth With eyes like the summer All beauty and truth In the morning I fled Left a note and it read Someday you will be loved.

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.

People today are still living off the table scraps of the si

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around -- the music and the ideas.

Happiness is not in having being; it is in doing.

Happiness is not in having being; it is in doing.

Lilian Eichler Watson

What happens when you have great grief in your life is the a

What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you're feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself will also begin - to get stressed out.