As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too;… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Oh, be humble, my brother, in your prosperity! Whose virtue is a deficiency of temptation, whose success may be a chance, whose… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Vanity Fair--Vanity Fair! Here was a man, who could not spell, and did not care to read--who had the habits and the… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
We love being in love, that's the truth on't. If we had not met Joan, we should have met Kate, and adored… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Nature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men.… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip-shod and in curl-papers, all day. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“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… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
