--- title: "2 Dear friend Quotes By William Thackeray" description: "2 Dear friend quotes by William Thackeray. Plus more from William Thackeray and more Dear friend sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/william-thackeray-91352_dear-friend_perhaps-in-vanity-fair-there-are-no-bett_661559.jpg" --- > [“Perhaps in Vanity Fair there are no better satires than letters. Take a bundle of your dear friend’s of ten years back—your dear friend whom you hate now. Look at a file of your sister’s! How you clung to each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-thackeray/perhaps-in-vanity-fair-there-are-no-better-satires-than-letters-take/) William Thackeray [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/william-thackeray-91352_dear-friend_perhaps-in-vanity-fair-there-are-no-bett_661559.jpg) > [“Have you ever had a difference with a dear friend? How his letters, written in the period of love and confidence, sicken and rebuke you! What a dreary mourning it is to dwell upon those vehement protests of dead affection!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-thackeray/have-you-ever-had-a-difference-with-a-dear-friend-how-his-letters/) William Thackeray [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/william-thackeray-91352_dear-friend_have-you-ever-had-a-difference-with-a-de_2277412.jpg) ## Other authors on Dear friend - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear-friend/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear-friend/charles-spurgeon/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear-friend/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hermann-hesse-41906.jpg) Hermann Hesse 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear-friend/hermann-hesse/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-nickel-33547.jpg) Eric Nickel 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear-friend/eric-nickel/) ## More by William Thackeray > [“Perhaps in Vanity Fair there are no better satires than letters. Take a bundle of your dear friend’s of ten years back—your dear friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-thackeray/perhaps-in-vanity-fair-there-are-no-better-satires-than-letters-take/) William Thackeray > [“Have you ever had a difference with a dear friend? How his letters, written in the period of love and confidence, sicken and rebuke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-thackeray/have-you-ever-had-a-difference-with-a-dear-friend-how-his-letters/) William Thackeray ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear-friend/william-thackeray/#itemlist", "name": "2 Dear friend Quotes By William Thackeray", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Perhaps in Vanity Fair there are no better satires than letters. Take a bundle of your dear friend’s of ten years back—your dear friend whom you hate now. 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