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William Makepeace Thackeray [1811-1863] English

Rank: 101
Novelist

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.

Romantic, Society, Attitude, Best, Good, History, Hope, Humor, Mother's Day, New Year's, Positive

Quote	Tags	Rank
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.	Romantic	101
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.		102
Bravery never goes out of fashion.		103
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.		104
It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.	Society	105
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.	Best	106
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.	Good, Positive	107
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!	History	108
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.		109
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.	Attitude, Humor, Society	110
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.		111
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.	Mother's Day	112
Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.		113
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.		114
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.		115
When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.	Romantic	116
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.	Hope	117
An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.		118
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.		119
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.		120
I would rather make my name than inherit it.		121
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.		122
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.		123
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.	New Year's	124
I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.		125
The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.		126
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?		201
'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.		202
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.		203
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.		204
Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.		205
People hate as they love, unreasonably.		206
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.		207
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.		208
There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.		209

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