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• [As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Soul, Devil

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1848). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.331

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• That which we call a snob by any other name would still be snobbish.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Names, Snobbish, Snob

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1871). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories”, p.38

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• We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Mean, Views, Looks

  William Makepeace Thackeray, Anthony Trollope “The works of William Makepeace Thackeray”

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• If I mayn't tell you what I feel, what is the use of a friend?

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  Friendship, Use, Bitterness

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.9070, Delphi Classics

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• Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Titles, Republic

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.228

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• Ah! gracious Heaven gives us eyes to see our own wrong, however dim age may make them; and knees not too stiff to kneel, in spite of years, cramp, and rheumatism.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Eye, Years, Giving

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1872). “The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray”, p.434

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• Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Nurse, Darling

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1848). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.177

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• 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.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Cooking, Roaches, Taverns

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.557

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• Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Blind, Affair, Kitten

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “The History of Pendennis”, p.15, Booklassic

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• What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Rocks, Shelter

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2014). “Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night.

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  Night, Sky, Growth

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). “Vanity Fair (Diversion Classics)”, p.47, Diversion Books

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• Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Men, Order, Law

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1871). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories”, p.4

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• What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative; what a kind, good-natured old creature we find her!

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Giving, Balance, Looks

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1849). “Vanity fair. With illustr. by the author”, p.77

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• And in those varieties of pain of which we spoke anon, what a part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! What myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! What sickbeds it has smoked by! What fevered lips have received refreshment from out of it! Nature meant very gently by women when she made that teaplant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup!

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Tea, May, Littles

  "The History of Pendennis".

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• Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Christmas, Glasses, Praying

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.424

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• Let us people who are so uncommonly clever and learned have a great tenderness and pity for the poor folks who are not endowed with the prodigious talents which we have.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Clever, People, Talent

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2008). “The Christmas Books of Mr. M.a.titmarsh: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.220, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Real, Deceit, Bitterness

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1871). “Miscellanies: The memoirs of Barry Lyndon. The history of Samuel Titmarsh and the great Hoggarty diamond. Burlesques”, p.438

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• Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they fall out on money matters? Everybody does it. Everybody is right, I suppose, and the world is a rogue.

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  Cheating, Fall, Men

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.704, Delphi Classics

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• Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to be forced to yield; or to sink out of life, having played and lost the game? That must be a strange feeling, when a day of our life comes and we say, 'To-morrow, success or failure won't matter much; and the sun will rise, and all the myriads of mankind go to their work or their pleasure as usual, but I shall be out of the turmoil.'

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  Brother, Games, Yield

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.511

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• We love being in love, that's the truth on't.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Love, Sweet, Truth

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1852). “The History of Henry Esmond, Esq: Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Q. Anne, Written by Himself”, p.71

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• The play is done; the curtain drops,
  Slow falling to the prompter's bell
  A moment yet the actor stops
  And looks around to say farewell.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Fall, Farewell, Play

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.7516, Delphi Classics

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• One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Eye, Style, Tears

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “The English humourists of the eighteenth century: a series of lectures”, p.276

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• I never was much of an oyster eater, nor can I relish them 'in naturalibus' as some do, but require a quantity of sauces, lemons, cayenne peppers, bread and butter, and so forth, to render them palatable.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Oysters, Sauce, Bread

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1852). “The Confessions of Fitz-Booddle; and Some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan”, p.171

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• For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be had in listening to fine music, as in looking at the stars in the sky, or at a beautiful landscape or picture, was a benefit for which we might thank Heaven as sincerely as for any other worldly blessing.

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  Beautiful, Art, Stars

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2000). “Vanity Fair: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.928, Modern Library

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• Life is the soul's nursery.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Soul, Life Is, Nursery

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Miscellanies: The memoirs of Barry Lyndon. The history of Samuel Titmarsh and the great Hoggarty diamond. Burlesques”, p.275

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