--- title: "13 Looks Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray" description: "13 Looks quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray. Plus more from William Makepeace Thackeray and more Looks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_action_we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view_2254876.jpg" --- > [We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view-and-the-greatest-action/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_action_we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view_2254876.jpg) > [All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/all-is-vanity-look-you-and-so-the-preacher-is-vanity-too/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_looks_all-is-vanity-look-you-and-so-the-preach_3077493.jpg) > [A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-cheerful-look-brings-joy-to-the-heart/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_cheerful_a-cheerful-look-brings-joy-to-the-heart_2235209.jpg) > [At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/at-certain-periods-of-life-we-live-years-of-emotion-in-a-few-weeks/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_certain_at-certain-periods-of-life-we-live-years_247433.jpg) > [The play is done; the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell A moment yet the actor stops And looks around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/the-play-is-done-the-curtain-drops-slow-falling-to-the-prompter-s/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_actors_the-play-is-done-the-curtain-drops-slow_1920536.jpg) > [The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/the-world-is-a-looking-glass-and-gives-back-to-every-man-the/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_choices_the-world-is-a-looking-glass-and-gives-b_755596.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) > [What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/what-a-dignity-it-gives-an-old-lady-that-balance-at-the-bankers-how/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_balance_what-a-dignity-it-gives-an-old-lady-that_2676038.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) > [A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-good-woman-is-the-loveliest-flower-that-blooms-under-heaven-and-we/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_beauty_a-good-woman-is-the-loveliest-flower-tha_898514.jpg) > [A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-gentleman-is-a-rarer-thing-than-some-of-us-think-for-which-of-us/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_aim_a-gentleman-is-a-rarer-thing-than-some-o_198939.jpg) > [He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/he-first-selected-the-smallest-one-and-then-bowed-his-head-as-though/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_baby_he-first-selected-the-smallest-one-and-t_1703039.jpg) > [To describe love-making is immoral and immodest; you know it is. To describe it as it really is, or would appear to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/to-describe-love-making-is-immoral-and-immodest-you-know-it-is-to/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_chronicles_to-describe-love-making-is-immoral-and-i_452061.jpg) ## Other authors on Looks ## 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/looks/william-makepeace-thackeray/#itemlist", "name": "13 Looks Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Makepeace Thackeray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view-and-the-greatest-action/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_action_we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view_2254876.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_action_we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view_2254876.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_action_we-have-only-to-change-the-point-of-view_2254876.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.” — William Makepeace Thackeray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All is vanity, look you; 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