English - Novelist | July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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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.
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!
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'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
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Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
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Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
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I would rather make my name than inherit it.
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The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.
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It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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