William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

English - Novelist | July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

William Makepeace Thackeray

FashionNeverOutBraveryGoes

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

PeopleLaughKnowAlwaysWhoHow

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

ManNeverComingPitySensesKnew

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

William Makepeace Thackeray

LoveHatePeople

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

William Makepeace Thackeray

GoodAttitudeHumorBestDressWear

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

William Makepeace Thackeray

ManThoughtsPenKnowLyingWrite

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

William Makepeace Thackeray

HopeRealityBitternessRealDeceit

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

GoodDinnerYouDespairPromise

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

LifeDiamondsRealVicePassMany

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

LoveBestBetterDoubtTo LoveAble

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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

KindnessMoneyBetterHimDaysThan

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

William Makepeace Thackeray

WomanRichRememberEasyPoorMarry

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