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William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you..."

Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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