The play is done; the curtain drops,Slow falling to the prompter's bellA moment yet the actor stopsAnd looks around to say farewell.It is an irksome word and task:And when he's laughed and said his say,He shows, as he removes the mask,A face that's anything but gay. - William M. Thackeray Quotes
The play is done; the curtain drops,Slow falling to the prompter's bellA moment yet the actor stopsAnd looks around to say farewell.It is an irksome word and task:And when he's laughed and said his say,He shows, as he removes the mask,A face that's anything but gay. William M. Thackeray
 

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The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. - William M. Thackeray Quotes

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