34 Quotes by William M. Thackeray

What peace, what love, what truth, what beauty, what happiness for all, what generous kindness for you and me, are here spread out!

Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are

There lived a sage in days of yore,And he a handsome pigtail wore;But wondered much and sorrowed moreBecause it hung behind him.

There lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him.

It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.

Then sing as Martin Luther sang:"Who loves not wine, woman, and song,He is a fool his whole life long!

Everyone knows the harm the bad do, but who knows the mischief done by the good?

. . . it tastes well, the bread which you earn yourself.

The two most engaging powers of a good author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.