Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever.… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“But it's a changeable world! When we consider how great our sorrow seem , and how small they are ; how we… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Miss Sedley was almost as flurried at the act of defiance as Miss Jemima had been; for, consider, it was but one… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Happiest time of youth and life, when love is first spoken and returned; when the dearest eyes are daily shining welcome, and… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Young ladies may have been crossed in love, and have had their sufferings, their frantic moments of grief and tears, their wakeful… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Jos growled from under the counterpane to know what the time was; but when he at last extorted from the blushing Major… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“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… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields,… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
