William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
William Makepeace Thackeray
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
William Makepeace Thackeray
An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
William Makepeace Thackeray
I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
William Makepeace Thackeray
If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
William Makepeace Thackeray
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
William Makepeace Thackeray
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.
William Makepeace Thackeray
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
William Makepeace Thackeray
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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