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title: "20 May Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray"
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> ['Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/tis-strange-what-a-man-may-do-and-a-woman-yet-think-him-an-angel/)

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> [Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/revenge-may-be-wicked-but-it-s-natural/)

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> [Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/lucky-he-who-has-been-educated-to-bear-his-fate-whatsoever-it-may-be/)

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> [Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/hint-at-the-existence-of-wickedness-in-a-light-easy-and-agreeable/)

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> [What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/what-man-s-life-is-not-overtaken-by-one-or-more-of-those-tornadoes/)

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> [A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-woman-with-fair-opportunities-and-without-an-absolute-hump-may-2/)

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> [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/)

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> [A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-woman-with-fair-opportunities-and-without-an-absolute-hump-may/)

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> [Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/never-lose-a-chance-of-saying-a-kind-word-as-collingwood-never-saw-a/)

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> [if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/if-you-are-not-allowed-to-touch-the-heart-sometimes-in-spite-of/)

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> [What will a man not do when frantic with love? To what baseness will he not demean himself? What pangs will he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/what-will-a-man-not-do-when-frantic-with-love-to-what-baseness-will/)

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> [Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/love-seems-to-survive-life-and-to-reach-beyond-it-i-think-we-take-it/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/only-to-two-or-three-persons-in-all-the-world-are-the-reminiscences/)

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> [Young ladies may have been crossed in love, and have had their sufferings, their frantic moments of grief and tears, their wakeful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/young-ladies-may-have-been-crossed-in-love-and-have-had-their/)

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> [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/)

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> [What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/what-part-of-confidante-has-that-poor-teapot-played-ever-since-the-2/)

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> [And in those varieties of pain of which we spoke anon, what a part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/and-in-those-varieties-of-pain-of-which-we-spoke-anon-what-a-part-of/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on May

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/diffidence-is-a-sort-of-false-modesty/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Vanity is often the unseen spur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/vanity-is-often-the-unseen-spur/)

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> [A good laugh is sunshine in the house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/a-good-laugh-is-sunshine-in-the-house/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "Where is truth, forsooth, and who knoweth it? Is Beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so? Does Venus squint? Has she got a splay-foot, red hair, and a crooked back? Anoint my eyes, good Fairy Puck, so that I may ever consider the Beloved Object a paragon! Above all, keep on anointing my mistress's dainty peepers with the very strongest ointment, so that my noddle may ever appear lovely to her, and that she may continue to crown my honest ears with fresh roses!",
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