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William Makepeace Thackeray

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What we know about William Makepeace Thackeray comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. With equal ease, William Makepeace Thackeray moved between Best and Society, finding connections others missed. Discover 14 of William Makepeace Thackeray's most memorable quotes, ranging across Best, Society, Newyears, Mothersday, and Money. Start here and see if you agree: "It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit."

“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Attitude

All Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

“Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Newyears

“Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Attitude

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

God

“It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Society

“It is best to love wisely, no doubt but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Best

“It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Hope

“To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Best

“If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

History

“What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Money

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.”

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Good