All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
- It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England. Class
- Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or… Attacking
- Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you. Compatible
- People hate as they love, unreasonably. Hate
- Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman. Easy
- The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion. All
- There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa. Diamond
- 'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. Angel
- If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid… Alongside
- What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him… Bestowed
- Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied? Desire
- All is vanity, nothing is fair. All
- If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his… Anxious
- A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES. Absolute
- Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural. Natural
- A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly… Accents
- Money has only a different value in the eyes of each. Different Value
- A person can't help their birth. Birth
- When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies… Acceptance
- Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. Chance
- She lived in her past life- these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that was left her in the world. Affection
- If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business. Abused
- it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody Care
- To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost… All
- Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting. Frown