William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Society, Impossible, Sometimes

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Safety, England

People hate as they love, unreasonably.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Woman, Remember, Rich

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Justice, Book, Passion

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Life, Real, Pass

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Woman, May, Him

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Best, Love, Win

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 that gives and him that takes.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Money, Kindness, Him

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
William Makepeace Thackeray

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: July 18, 1811

Died: December 24, 1863

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