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
kindness men mind
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
ruins easy knows
If success is rare and slow, everybody knows how quick and easy ruin is.
nurse darling
Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts.
home intelligent wife
An intelligent wife can make her home, in spite of exigencies, pretty much what she pleases.
vanity looks preacher
All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.
clever people talent
Let us people who are so uncommonly clever and learned have a great tenderness and pity for the poor folks who are not endowed with the prodigious talents which we have.
soul life-is nursery
Life is the soul's nursery.
eye style tears
One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.
success men quality
One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
fashion different taste
Taste is something quite different from fashion, superior to fashion.
men tears unhappy
A man is seldom more manly than when he is what you call unmanned,--the source of his emotion is championship, pity, and courage; the instinctive desire to cherish those who are innocent and unhappy, and defend those who are tender and weak.
time time-passes
Time passes, Time the consoler, Time the anodyne.
men law order
Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.
forgiving debt failing
Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.