"You read the past in some old faces." — William Makepeace Thackeray

"You read the past in some old faces."

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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183 Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray has 183 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident…
At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and…
Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true…
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates…
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very…
What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults…
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent…
For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure…

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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