William Makepeace Thackeray quotes and words of wisdom

"Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Them"s my sentiments!"
Found in the topic Thief.

"I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year."
Found in the topic Virtue.

"Remember, it is as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman."
Found in the topic Marriage.

"?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."
Found in the topic Faith.

"We have only to change the point of view And the greatest action looks mean."
Found in the topic Change.

"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."
Found in the topic Appreciation.

"Humor is wit and love."
Found in the topic Humor.

"A good laugh is sunshine in a house."
Found in the topic Cheerful.

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will look sourly upon; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion."
Found in the topic Attitude.

"Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow it whithersoever that shall go, and are of their nature divine and immortal."
Found in the topic Immortality.

"When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole."
Found in the topic Walk.

"?Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."
Found in the topic Deeds.

"Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!"
Found in the topic Gravity.

"When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don?t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself."
Found in the topic Mormon.

"Bravery never goes out of fashion."
Found in the topic Courage.

"Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb."
Found in the topic Attack.

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."
Found in the topic Apparel.

Interesting Quotes

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.Mahatma Gandhi - Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.Charlie McCarthy