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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: "The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new..."
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does..."
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Follow your honest convictions and be strong."
Follow your honest convictions and be strong. William Makepeace Thackeray
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies in circulation inevitably multiplies, and the danger of detection increases every day. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "..the dark walks, so favourable to the interviews of young lovers"
..the dark walks, so favourable to the interviews of young lovers William Makepeace Thackeray
Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world? William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the..."
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. William Makepeace Thackeray
Mark to yourself the gradual way in which you have been prepared for, and are now led by an irresistible necessity to enter upon your great labour. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "A person can't help their birth."
A person can't help their birth. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned..."
She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip-shod and in curl-papers, all day. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money us!"
What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money us! William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise. William Makepeace Thackeray
The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do? William Makepeace Thackeray

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