quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

"Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?"
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

"All is vanity, nothing is fair."
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

""Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.""
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

"When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies in circulation inevitably multiplies, and the danger of detection increases every day."
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

"A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES."
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics Trade Paper))

"Dalam pesona persahabatan, orang yang biasanya tidak menonjolkan diri bisa menjadi berani, yang pemalu menjadi percaya diri, yang pemalas menjadi giat, yang tidak sabar dan banyak gerak menjadi hati-hati dan tenang."
— William Makepeace Thackeray

"If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations..."
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair (Bantam Classic))

"There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes.
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— William Makepeace Thackeray

"A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise. "
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

"Money has only a different value in the eyes of each."
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

"A person can't help their birth. "
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

""Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? Or, having it, is satisfied? Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.""
— William Makepeace Thackeray

"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)

""Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum!
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire?
Or, having it, is satisfied?
Come, children, let us shut up
the box and the puppets,
for our play is played out.""
— William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)