William Makepeace ThackerayWhich of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied? ✨ Vanity Fair ch. 67 (1847 - 1848)361Humor
William Makepeace ThackerayNature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men. Their very presence gives confidence. There is p… ▶361Time
William Makepeace ThackerayIf 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,… ▶361PhilosophyReadingThought
William Makepeace ThackerayWhen you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.361Thought
William Makepeace ThackerayWhat is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner. … ▶362ReadingTruth
William Makepeace ThackerayWhy do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots? ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1850). The Kickleburys on the rhin… ▶373Politics
William Makepeace ThackerayWe know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make . . . pure spirits more pure. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1858). The hist… ▶351Love
William Makepeace ThackerayA person can't help their birth. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1848). Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero, p.250341Reading
William Makepeace ThackerayA woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullne… ▶341DeathHopePhilosophy
William Makepeace ThackerayNever lose a chance of saying a kind word. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). Vanity Fair (Diversion Classics), p.243, Diversion Books341Reading
William Makepeace ThackerayAlways to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world? ✨ William Makepeace Tha… ▶352Thought
William Makepeace ThackerayA fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, p.87374Hope
William Makepeace ThackerayRevenge may be wicked, but it’s natural. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated), p.540, Delphi Classics331Philosophy
William Makepeace ThackerayA woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). Vanity Fair, p.40, BookRix364Reading
William Makepeace ThackerayLife is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.332Life
William Makepeace ThackerayMother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero, p.317332LoveReading
William Makepeace ThackerayCome forward, some great marshal, and organize equality in society, and your rod shall swallow up all the juggling old court gold-sticks ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)… ▶366HumanityReading
William Makepeace ThackerayTo love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1850). The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends… ▶322Love
William Makepeace ThackerayThere are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). Henry Esmond: And Lovel the Wid… ▶322LoveThought
William Makepeace ThackerayThere is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors. ✨ William Makepeace Thack… ▶378HumanityLifeTruth
William Makepeace ThackerayAt that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word… ▶356Philosophy
William Makepeace ThackerayA good laugh is sunshine in the house.378Humor
William Makepeace ThackerayOne of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent. ✨ William Makepeace… ▶335Reading
William Makepeace ThackerayLearn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly. ✨ … ▶335Life
William Makepeace ThackerayThe world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is… ▶324HumorReflection
William Makepeace ThackerayIn the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). Vanity Fair, p.190, Tyché335Truth
William Makepeace ThackerayNever lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and planted it, so deal with your complimen… ▶368LifePoliticsReading
William Makepeace ThackerayThen sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long. ✨ William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). Mi… ▶302LifeLoveReading
William Makepeace ThackerayHe first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a moment, after which all was over. I sh… ▶325Time
William Makepeace ThackerayThe pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and una… ▶281PhilosophyReadingThought
