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Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Character, Boomerang, Malice

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All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Rely Upon, Amusement, Virtuous Woman

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You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Calling, Poverty, Wealth

William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval”, p.101

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Oh, my young friends, how delightful is the beginning of a love-business, and how undignified, sometimes, the end!

William Makepeace Thackeray

Love, Young Friends, Sometimes

William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.68

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A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle--men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant and elevated; who can look the world honestly in the face, with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know a hundred whose coats are well made, and a score who have excellent manners; but of gentlemen how many? Let us take a little scrap of paper, and each make out his list.

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Men, Thinking, Circles

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You read the past in some old faces.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Past, Age, Faces

William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.151

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Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Children, Play, Childhood

Vanity Fair ch. 67 (1847 - 1848)

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if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you all know the difference between trimeter and trameter, may all Poetry go to the deuce, and every schoolmaster perish miserably!

William Makepeace Thackeray

Heart, Differences, Deuces

William Makepeace Thackeray (1854). “Vanity Fair, etc”, p.92

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Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy?

William Makepeace Thackeray

Gratitude, Kindness, Children

William Makepeace Thackeray (1849). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero. To which is Added Doctor Birch, and His Young Friends”, p.33

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It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

William Makepeace Thackeray

Rich Or Poor, Ugly, Handsome

William Makepeace Thackeray (2014). “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do-a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Long, Evil, Mind

William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The Works: In Twenty-two Volumes. ¬The book of snobs; and Sketches and travels in London”, p.2

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Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Eye, Different, Different Values

William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.372

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'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

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Kings, Business, Breakfast

William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.6175, Delphi Classics

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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

William Makepeace Thackeray

Wisdom, Patience, Heart

William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.4236, Delphi Classics

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Pray God, keep us simple.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Simple, Simplicity, Praying

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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.

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Home, Parent, Kind

William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). “Vanity Fair”, p.190, Tyché

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We love being in love, that's the truth on't. If we had not met Joan, we should have met Kate, and adored her. We know our mistresses are no better than many other women, nor no prettier, nor no wiser, nor no wittier. 'Tis not for these reasons we love a woman, or for any special quality or charm I know of; we might as well demand that a lady should be the tallest woman in the world, like the Shropshire giantess, as that she should be a paragon in any other character, before we began to love her.

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Love, Character, Should Have

William Makepeace Thackeray (1852). “The history of Henry Esmond, esq”, p.128

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As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To men of gentle will.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Christmas, Good Friend, Men

William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Miscellanies: Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.423

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Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Food, Men, Thinking

William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval”, p.175

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The Pall Mall Gazette is written by gentlemen for gentlemen.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Gentleman, Malls, Written

'Pendennis' (1848-50) ch. 32

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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.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Love, Cutting, Bread

'Sorrows of Werther'

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What is wanted for the nonce is, that folks should be as agreeable as possible in conversation and demeanor; so that good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in societ.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Happiness, Attitude, Educational

"Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories".

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If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Character, Men, Abuse

'Vanity Fair' (1847-8) ch. 19

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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess 'em.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Love, Eye, Past

William Makepeace Thackeray (2014). “Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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Alas! we are the sport of destiny.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Sports, Destiny, Alas

William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Miscellanies: Prose and Verse”, p.52

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Born: July 18, 1811
Died: December 24, 1863
Occupation: Novelist
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