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
beauty clever successful
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
love cutting bread
Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.
food talking cooking
Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.
love life dream
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
kindness men mind
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
selfish selfishness next
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
inspirational attitude names
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
death im-sorry dying
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
cooking taverns noble
This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is - A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never could outdo; Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, garlic, roach, and dace; All these you eat at Terre's tavern, In that one dish of Bouillabaisse.
class safety looks
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
life success men
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
disappointment eye careers
There is a certain sort of man whose doom in the world is disappointment, who excels in it, and whose luckless triumphs in his meek career of life, I have often thought, must be regarded by the kind eyes above with as much favor as the splendid successes and achievements of coarser and more prosperous men.
love heaven trials
We know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best; being pleased by repeated trials, to make . . . pure spirits more pure.
love soul darkness
If love lives through all life; and survives through all sorrow; and remains steadfast with us through all changes; and in all darkness of spirit burns brightly; and, if we die, deplores us for ever, and loves still equally; and exists with the very last gasp and throb of the faithful bosom--whence it passes with the pure soul, beyond death; surely it shall be immortal!