Books Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray
““O blessed idleness! Divine lazy nymph! Reach me a novel as I lie in my dressing-gown at three o'clock in the afternoon; compound a sherry-cobbler for me, and bring me a cigar! Dear slatternly, smiling Enchantress! They may assail thee with bad names—swear thy character away, and call thee the Mother of Evil; but, for all that, thou art the best company in the world!””
![“Father, I do acknowledge and confess That I this honor, I this pomp have brought To Dagon, and advanc’d his praises high among the Heathen round; to God have brought Dishonor, obloquy, and op’d the mouths Of Idolists, and Atheists […]The anguish of my Soul, that suffers not Mine eye to harbor…” quote by John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/479/john-milton-191_god_father-i-do-acknowledge-and-confess-that_1471654.jpg)
![“O Life: […] I fear you when you are near, I love you when you are far; your feeling allures me, your seeking secures me: I suffer, but for you what would I not gladly endure! For you whose coldness inflames, whose hatred seduces, whose flight constrains, whose mockery – induces: who would not hate…” quote by Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5b4/friedrich-nietzsche-15_life_o-life-i-fear-you-when-you-are-near-i-lo_2915930.jpg)
