“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”
“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
“Here’s a 165-year old but still fitting comment on public officials who are so sure they’re right that they’ll drive over a cliff rather than compromise: “Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt – are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?” William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: a Novel without a Hero (1848).The author’s middle name really was “Makepeace.” As the quote shows, he disliked those who would not.”
William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair“If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we know that no lady in the genteel world can possess this desideratum, until she has put on a train and feathers and has been presented to her Sovereign at Court. From that august interview they come out stamped as honest women. The Lord Chamberlain gives them a certificate of virtue.”
William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair“It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.”
William Makepeace Thackeray“When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.”
William Makepeace Thackeray“When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.”
William Makepeace Thackeray“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
William Makepeace Thackeray“It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.”
William Makepeace Thackeray“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
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