All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
- Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment of it, but be compelled to resign it after, at… Beauty
- To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness? Ambition
- So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are… Argue
- How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi. Acknowledge
- A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. Ears
- Fairy roses, fairy rings, turn out sometimes troublesome things. Fairy
- Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely,… Admiration
- What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all… All
- As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To men of gentle… Birth
- When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle… Doubt
- Cheerfulness means a contented spirit, a pure heart, a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and ~ charity, a generous appreciation of others, and… Appreciation
- Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb. Always Yields
- Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way… All
- Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are! Decree
- [As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither. Devil
- He was always thinking of his brother's soul, or of the souls of those who differed with him in opinion: it is a sort of… Always Thinking
- Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter. Body
- If you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor? Account
- Presently, we were aware of an odour gradually coming towards us, something musky, fiery, savoury, mysterious, - a hot drowsy smell, that lulls the senses,… Aware
- There is a skeleton in every house. Every House