All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
- If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we… Allowance
- I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning. All
- A cheerful look brings joy to the heart. Brings
- You must not judge hastily or vulgarly of Snobs: to do so shows that you are yourself a Snob. Hastily
- Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled,… Acquaintance
- At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between… Certain
- Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men. All
- If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. Been
- When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it. Astonishing
- Love makes fools of us all, big and little. All
- Pray God, keep us simple. God
- Vanity is often the unseen spur. Inspirational
- Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs. Follow
- We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then… Age
- It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. Condition
- All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature. Admitted
- As an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is… Abroad
- You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth. Ashamed
- It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons. Calamities
- The best of women are hypocrites. Best