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William Makepeace Thackeray quotes

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

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William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little..."
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the..."
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. William Makepeace Thackeray
What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes. William Makepeace Thackeray
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural."
Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "A good laugh is sunshine in the house."
A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "A good laugh is sunshine in a house"
A good laugh is sunshine in a house William Makepeace Thackeray
I hope the artist who illustrates this work will take care to do justice to his portrait. Mr. Clive himself, let that painter be assured, will not be too well pleased if his countenance and figure do not receive proper attention. William Makepeace Thackeray
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice. William Makepeace Thackeray
It may be whispered to those uninitiated people who are anxious to know the habits and make the acquaintance of men of letters, that there are no race of people who talk about books, or, perhaps, who read books, so little as literary men. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my..."
When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole. William Makepeace Thackeray
To those great geniuses now in petticoats, who shall write novels for the beloved reader's children, these men and things will be as much legend and history as Nineveh, or Coeur de Lion, or Jack Sheppard. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise..."
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you. William Makepeace Thackeray
It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now William Makepeace Thackeray
...which among you does not know and suffer under such benevolent despots? It is in vain you say to them, 'Dear madam, I took Podgers' specific at your orders last year, and believe in it. Why, why, am I to recant and accept the Rodger's articles now?' There is no help for it; the faithful proselytizer, if she cannot convice by argument, bursts into tears, and the recusant finds himself, at the end of the conteest, taking down the bolus, and saying, 'Well, well, Rodger's be it. William Makepeace Thackeray

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