Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?-Come,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to… — 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
