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William Makepeace Thackeray quotes

English Novelist, Writer July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863

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Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?-Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. William Makepeace Thackeray
Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they fall out on money matters? Everybody does it. Everybody is right, I suppose, and the world is a rogue. William Makepeace Thackeray
The little cares, fears, tears, timid misgivings, sleepless fancies of I don't know how many days and nights, were forgotten under one moment's influence of that familiar, irresistible smile. William Makepeace Thackeray
Charming Alnaschar visions! It is the happy privilege of youth to construct you, and many a fanciful creature besides Rebecca Sharp has indulged in these delightful daydreams ere now! William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his..."
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied? William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they..."
it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody William Makepeace Thackeray
There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch . . . I am sure that horrid matter-of-fact child-rearers . . . do away with the child's most beautiful privilege. I am determined that Anny shall have a very extensive and instructive store of learning in Tom Thumbs, Jack-the-Giant-Killers, etc. William Makepeace Thackeray
To part with money is a sacrifice beyond almost all men endowed with a sense of order. There is scarcely any man alive who does not think himself meritorious for giving his neighbour five pounds. Thriftless gives, not from a beneficent pleasure in giving, but from a lazy delight in spending. He would not deny himself one enjoyment; not his opera-stall, not his horse, not his dinner, not even the pleasure of giving Lazarus the five pounds. Thrifty, who is good, wise, just, and owes no man... William Makepeace Thackeray
What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! Why myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! [...] Nature meant very kindly by women when she made the tea plant; and with a little thought, what series of pictures and groups of the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup. William Makepeace Thackeray
Oh, be humble, my brother, in your prosperity! Whose virtue is a deficiency of temptation, whose success may be a chance, whose rank may be an ancestor's accident, whose prosperity is very likely a satire. William Makepeace Thackeray
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Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear..."
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. William Makepeace Thackeray
Time has dealt kindly with that stout officer, as it does ordinarily with men who have good stomachs and good tempers, and are not perplexed over much by fatigue of the brain. William Makepeace Thackeray
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Mother is the word for God on the hearts and lips of all little children William Makepeace Thackeray
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name. A polite public will no more bear to read an authentic description of vice than a truly-refined English or American female will permit the word 'breeches' to be pronounced in her chaste hearing. And yet, madam, both are walking the world before our faces every day without much shocking us. If you were to blush every time they went by, what complexions you would have! William Makepeace Thackeray

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