Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
William Makepeace Thackeray
October 23, 1847: On this day, William Makepeace Thackeray wrote a letter to Jane Eyre's publisher, complaining about the book's irresistibility: "It interested me so much that I have lost (or won, if you like) a whole day in reading it."
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