William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeraywas an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 July 1811
evil long mind
I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do-a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.
husband writing years
To know nothing, or little, is in the nature of some husbands. To hide, in the nature of how many women? Oh, ladies! how many of you have surreptitious milliners' bills? How many of you have gowns and bracelets which you daren't show, or which you wear trembling?--trembling, and coaxing with smiles the husband by your side, who does not know the new velvet gown from the old one, or the new bracelet from last year's, or has any notion that the ragged-looking yellow lace scarf cost forty guineas and that Madame Bobinot is writing dunning letters every week for the money!
sports lying passion
Which of us that is thirty years old has not had its Pompeii? Deep under ashes lies the life of youth--the careless sport, the pleasure and the passion, the darling joy.
light order darkness
I will bring order from chaos and light from darkness.
oysters sauce bread
I never was much of an oyster eater, nor can I relish them 'in naturalibus' as some do, but require a quantity of sauces, lemons, cayenne peppers, bread and butter, and so forth, to render them palatable.
mean admire snob
He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.
beautiful rose demand
To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don't want a rose to sing.
men republic titles
Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.
piers voyages walks
Those we love can but walk down to the pier with us - the voyage we must make alone.
heart stones written
A woman's heart is just like a lithographer's stone; what is once written upon it cannot be rubbed out.
journalism chairs editorials
The thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair.
love fun truth-is
If fun is good, truth is still better, and love best of all.
love love-is glory
True love is better than glory.
men rocks shelter
What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may?