All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
- When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole. Buttonhole
- I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. Anniversary
- Follow your honest convictions and be strong. Conviction
- I would rather make my name than inherit it. Attitude
- Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies. Anyone
- 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