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
book done world
Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it.
book tree crow
A crow, who had flown away with a cheese from a dairy window, sate perched on a tree looking down at a great big frog in a pool underneath him.
character eye men
As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet we, O foolish race! must try our very best to ape some one or two of our neighbors, whose ideas fit us no more than their breeches!
beauty beautiful eye
Is beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so?
expectations persons
Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
food talking cooking
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
love character should-have
We love being in love, that's the truth on't. If we had not met Joan, we should have met Kate, and adored her. We know our mistresses are no better than many other women, nor no prettier, nor no wiser, nor no wittier. 'Tis not for these reasons we love a woman, or for any special quality or charm I know of; we might as well demand that a lady should be the tallest woman in the world, like the Shropshire giantess, as that she should be a paragon in any other character, before we began to love her.
drinking character alcohol
She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip-shod and in curl-papers, all day.
fall farewell play
The play is done; the curtain drops, Slow falling to the prompter's bell A moment yet the actor stops And looks around to say farewell.
kindness proud disagree
Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with proud stomachs.
sweet sweet-love being-in-love
We love being in love, that's the truth on't.
christmas glasses praying
Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.
successful people way
Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.
wise husband father
What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner? Ought a gentleman to be a loyal son, a true husband, an honest father? Ought his life to be decent, his bills to be paid, his taste to be high and elegant, his aims in life lofty and noble?