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I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Inspirational, Attitude, Names
William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “The Virginians”, p.242, Xist Publishing

Who does not believe his first passion eternal?

William Makepeace Thackeray
Believe, Passion, Doe
William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.235

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

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

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.

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

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

William Makepeace Thackeray
Men, Order, Law
William Makepeace Thackeray (1871). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories”, p.4

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

William Makepeace Thackeray
Names, Snobbish, Snob
William Makepeace Thackeray (1871). “Miscellanies: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval and other stories”, p.38

Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Men, Titles, Republic
William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.228

Ah! gracious Heaven gives us eyes to see our own wrong, however dim age may make them; and knees not too stiff to kneel, in spite of years, cramp, and rheumatism.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Eye, Years, Giving
William Makepeace Thackeray (1872). “The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray”, p.434

And in those varieties of pain of which we spoke anon, what a part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! What myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! What sickbeds it has smoked by! What fevered lips have received refreshment from out of it! Nature meant very gently by women when she made that teaplant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup!

William Makepeace Thackeray
Tea, May, Littles
"The History of Pendennis".

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Reflection, Men, Glasses
William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.540, Delphi Classics

What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may?

William Makepeace Thackeray
Men, Rocks, Shelter
William Makepeace Thackeray (2014). “Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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.

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

it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody

William Makepeace Thackeray
People, No Friends, Ordinary
William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.662, Delphi Classics

The thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair.

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

Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Sweet, Clever, Men
William Makepeace Thackeray (1869). “The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers”, p.221

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.

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

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