William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is! ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray "Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural." ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is for ever in a passion. ~ The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray "To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; and to forgo even ambition when the end is gained--who can say this is not greatness." ~ The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray He had placed himself at her feet so long that the poor little woman had been accustomed to trample upon him. She didn't wish to marry him, but she wished to keep him. She wished to give him nothing, but that he should give her all. It is a bargain not unfrequently levied in love. ~ Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 'Tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for the circumstance which gave them a being. ~ The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray 'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. ~ The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray "'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard, Master Harry--every man of every nation has done that--'tis the living up to it that is difficult." ~ The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts: but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do? ~ The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors. ~ The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray