Quotes from William Makepeace Thackeray


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    I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

    Senses | Pity | Coming


    I would rather make my name than inherit it.

    Name | Rather | Inherit


    The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.

    Familiar | Engaging | Powers


    It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

    Safety | England


    A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

    Fool | Successful | Ugly


    It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

    Love | Best | Doubt


    What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

    Money | Kindness | Days


    Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

    Injuries | Worthy | Forgotten


    The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

    Justice | Passion | Logic


    Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

    New Year's | Dinner | Eating


    Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

    Good | Dinner | Despair


    Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

    Happy | Sorry | Dies


    Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

    Woman | Remember | Rich


    'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

    Woman | Angel | Strange


    People hate as they love, unreasonably.

    Love | Hate


    Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

    Selfish | Next | Suppose


    People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

    Laugh | Pompous


    There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

    Life | Diamonds | Vice


    Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

    Excellence | Next


    When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.

    Romantic | Flower | Walk


       

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