Boxes Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

“Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?-Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.” quote by William Makepeace Thackeray — Download Open image

“Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?-Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.”

William Makepeace Thackeray

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings)

Boxes Children Desire Play Puppets Satisfied Shut up This world World

More by William Makepeace Thackeray

“To those great geniuses now in petticoats, who shall write novels for the beloved reader's children, these men and things will be as much…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields,…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight…

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Vanity is often the unseen spur.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Image

Explore all 384 William Makepeace Thackeray quotes

More Boxes quotes

The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people.

Kelly Ayotte

Image

When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a…

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Image

I separated the joints, the arm joints, the leg joints, and had to do two boilings. I think I used four boxes of Soilex for each one, put in the upper portion of the body and boiled that for about two hours and then the lower portion for another two hours. The Soilex removes all the flesh, turns it into…

Jeffrey Dahmer

In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Image

He decided then that he would love her forever no matter what came to pass. It was not so much a matter of deciding as accepting the inevitability of it. It made him feel better, though he felt perturbed, too, worried that this kiss was wrong. But from his point of view, at fourteen years old, their love was entirely…

David Guterson

I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.

John Green

Image

I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is…

Alex Ferguson

Image

The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the chest, loops around a major artery, then goes all the way back up again. It goes right past the larynx on the way down. All a decent designer would have to do is loop it off at that…

Richard Dawkins

The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.

Ray Bradbury

Image

3 people get stranded on a remote Island A Banker, a Daily Mail reader & an Asylum seeker All they have to eat is a box of 10 Mars bars The Banker says "Because of my expertise in asset management, I''ll look after our resources" The other 2 agree So the Banker opens the box, gobbles down 9 of the…

Christopher Brookmyre

Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate…

Russell Baker