William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes - Page 12

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• What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of all these qualities to exercise them in the most graceful manner.

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  Wise, Exercise, Brave

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2005). “The Snobs of England: And, Punch's Prize Novelists”, p.8, University of Michigan Press

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• A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.

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  Wise, Sweet, Eye

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2017). “Vanity Fair”, p.321, Pan Macmillan

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• A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.

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  Marriage, Opportunity, May

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “Vanity Fair”, p.40, BookRix

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• Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin. Wait till you come to Forty Year.

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  Women, Winning, Boys

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.565

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• The thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair.

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  Journalism, Chairs, Editorials

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “Roundabout Papers”, p.76

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• How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.

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  Happiness, Book, Chaps

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

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  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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• 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.

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  Cooking, Roaches, Taverns

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

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• Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

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  Mind, Novelty, Charm

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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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• The little cares, fears, tears, timid misgivings, sleepless fancies of I don't know how many days and nights, were forgotten under one moment's influence of that familiar, irresistible smile.

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  Night, Tears, Care

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). “Vanity Fair (Diversion Classics)”, p.159, Diversion Books

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• Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment of it, but be compelled to resign it after, at the most, some forty years lease

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  Respect, Years, Enjoy Life

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.206

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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.

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  Eye, Style, Tears

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

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• So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.

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  Wise, Justice, Usual

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.929, Delphi Classics

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

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  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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• I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.

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  Men, Play, Acting

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1872). “The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray”, p.155

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