All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
- Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life,… Admire
- A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance,… Beauty
- Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other… Blundering
- Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they… Accuse
- Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to be forced to… All
- We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean. Action
- If I mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the use of a friend? Bitterness
- Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life… Doctor
- Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow it… Affection
- The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors. Inferiors
- Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years… Dinner
- This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is - A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never… All
- We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make . . . pure spirits more pure. Best
- Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and… Bread
- Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand. Charm
- It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one. Affection
- The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night. Affection
- 'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.' Breakfast
- Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. Box
- Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out… Acorn