--- title: "13 Eye Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray" description: "13 Eye quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray. Plus more from William Makepeace Thackeray and more Eye sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_different_money-has-only-a-different-value-in-the_1649577.jpg" --- > [Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/money-has-only-a-different-value-in-the-eyes-of-each/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_different_money-has-only-a-different-value-in-the_1649577.jpg) > [Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/is-beauty-beautiful-or-is-it-only-our-eyes-that-make-it-so/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_beautiful_is-beauty-beautiful-or-is-it-only-our-ey_1414424.jpg) > [Ah! gracious Heaven gives us eyes to see our own wrong, however dim age may make them; and knees not too stiff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/ah-gracious-heaven-gives-us-eyes-to-see-our-own-wrong-however-dim-age/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_age_ah-gracious-heaven-gives-us-eyes-to-see_456086.jpg) > [We pass by common objects or persons without noticing them; but the keen eye detects and notes types everywhere and among all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/we-pass-by-common-objects-or-persons-without-noticing-them-but-the/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_class_we-pass-by-common-objects-or-persons-wit_1731265.jpg) > [The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/the-great-moments-of-life-are-but-moments-like-the-others-your-doom/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_doom_the-great-moments-of-life-are-but-moment_2208884.jpg) > [One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/one-tires-of-a-page-of-which-every-sentence-sparkles-with-points-of-a/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_eye_one-tires-of-a-page-of-which-every-sente_111420.jpg) > [Happiest time of youth and life, when love is first spoken and returned; when the dearest eyes are daily shining welcome, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/happiest-time-of-youth-and-life-when-love-is-first-spoken-and/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_accompany_happiest-time-of-youth-and-life-when-lov_1914507.jpg) > [Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/next-to-the-young-i-suppose-the-very-old-are-the-most-selfish-alas/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_age_next-to-the-young-i-suppose-the-very-old_426284.jpg) > [A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-pair-of-bright-eyes-with-a-dozen-glances-suffice-to-subdue-a-man-to/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_bright-eyes_a-pair-of-bright-eyes-with-a-dozen-glanc_1961499.jpg) > [There is a certain sort of man whose doom in the world is disappointment, who excels in it, and whose luckless triumphs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/there-is-a-certain-sort-of-man-whose-doom-in-the-world-is/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_achievement_there-is-a-certain-sort-of-man-whose-doo_2306029.jpg) > [A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-woman-may-possess-the-wisdom-and-chastity-of-minerva-and-we-give-no/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_accents_a-woman-may-possess-the-wisdom-and-chast_3130598.jpg) > [As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/as-nature-made-every-man-with-a-nose-and-eyes-of-his-own-she-gave-him/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_apes_as-nature-made-every-man-with-a-nose-and_16639.jpg) > [Where is truth, forsooth, and who knoweth it? Is Beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so? Does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/where-is-truth-forsooth-and-who-knoweth-it-is-beauty-beautiful-or-is/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_anointing_where-is-truth-forsooth-and-who-knoweth_262599.jpg) ## Other authors on Eye ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/to-those-great-geniuses-now-in-petticoats-who-shall-write-novels-for/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/when-one-fib-becomes-due-as-it-were-you-must-forge-another-to-take-up/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/let-a-man-who-has-to-make-his-fortune-in-life-remember-this-maxim/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/as-nature-made-every-man-with-a-nose-and-eyes-of-his-own-she-gave-him/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/it-is-best-to-love-wisely-no-doubt-but-to-love-foolishly-is-better/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/diffidence-is-a-sort-of-false-modesty/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/our-great-thoughts-our-great-affections-the-truths-of-our-life-never/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/charming-alnaschar-visions-it-is-the-happy-privilege-of-youth-to/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/to-see-a-young-couple-loving-each-other-is-no-wonder-but-to-see-an/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/an-immense-percentage-of-snobs-i-believe-is-to-be-found-in-every-rank/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Vanity is often the unseen spur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/vanity-is-often-the-unseen-spur/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [A good laugh is sunshine in the house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-good-laugh-is-sunshine-in-the-house/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/novelty-has-charms-that-our-minds-can-hardly-withstand/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [“Picture to yourself, O fair young reader, a worldly, selfish, graceless, thankless, religionless old woman, writhing in pain and fear, and without her wig.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/picture-to-yourself-o-fair-young-reader-a-worldly-selfish-graceless/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) > [Certain opuscules, denominated 'Christmas Books,' with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the exodus of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/certain-opuscules-denominated-christmas-books-with-the-ostensible/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eye/william-makepeace-thackeray/#itemlist", "name": "13 Eye Quotes By William Makepeace 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Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to run. The cold snow strikes down from the head, and checks the glow of feeling. 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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. 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