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
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?
eye opportunity hands
The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lip,s though they cannot speak.
heart pity
Almost all women have hearts full of pity.
men heaven wish
Our measure of rewards and punishments is most partial and incomplete, absurdly inadequate, utterly worldly; and we wish to continue it into the next world. Into that next and awful world we strive to pursue men, and send after them our impotent paltry verdicts of condemnation or acquittal. We set up our paltry little rod to measure heaven immeasurable.