William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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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 volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Author Details:
Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
English Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 18, 1811
Date of Death:
December 24, 1863
Nationality:
English
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Select William Makepeace Thackeray Quotations:
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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All William Makepeace Thackeray Quotations:
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A good laugh is sunshine in...
An evil person is like a...
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
Despair is perfectly compatible with a...
Dinner was made for eating, not...
Do not be in a hurry...
Except for the young or very...
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
Good humor is one of the...
I never knew whether to pity...
I would rather make my name...
If a secret history of books...
It is best to love wisely...
It is impossible, in our condition...
It is only hope which is...
It is to the middle-class...
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what...
Let a man who has to...
Mother is the name for God...
Next to excellence is the appreciation...
Next to the young, I suppose...
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
People who do not know how...
Remember, it's as easy to marry...
The book of female logic is...
The two most engaging powers of...
The world is a looking glass...
There are a thousand thoughts lying...
There are many sham diamonds in...
Tis strange what a man may...
To love and win is the...
What money is better bestowed than...
When I walk with you I...
When you look at me, when...
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