--- title: "4 Gentle Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray" description: "4 Gentle quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray. Plus more from William Makepeace Thackeray and more Gentle sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_aim_what-is-it-to-be-a-gentleman-is-it-to-be_588418.jpg" --- > [What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/what-is-it-to-be-a-gentleman-is-it-to-be-honest-to-be-gentle-to-be/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_aim_what-is-it-to-be-a-gentleman-is-it-to-be_588418.jpg) > [What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/what-is-a-gentleman-it-is-to-be-honest-to-be-gentle-to-be-generous-to/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_be-brave_what-is-a-gentleman-it-is-to-be-honest-t_1203465.jpg) > [As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/as-fits-the-holy-christmas-birth-be-this-good-friends-our-carol-still/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_birth_as-fits-the-holy-christmas-birth-be-this_1403000.jpg) > [Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/let-us-be-very-gentle-with-our-neighbors-failings-and-forgive-our/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_debt_let-us-be-very-gentle-with-our-neighbors_1462609.jpg) ## Other authors on Gentle - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-laozi-58536.jpg) Laozi 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/laozi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/charles-dickens/) - [Mark Twain 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edmund-spenser-31609.jpg) Edmund Spenser 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/edmund-spenser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-ovid-72960.jpg) Ovid 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/ovid/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-herbert-37751.jpg) George Herbert 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/george-herbert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-wordsworth-96037.jpg) William Wordsworth 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/william-wordsworth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-anne-radmacher-64920.jpg) Mary Anne Radmacher 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/mary-anne-radmacher/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julia-cameron-54149.jpg) Julia Cameron 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/julia-cameron/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentle/frederick-lenz/) ## 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/gentle/william-makepeace-thackeray/#itemlist", "name": "4 Gentle Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is it to be a gentleman? 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