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William Makepeace Thackeray
July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863
Nationality: English
Category: Novelist
Subcategory: English Novelist

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

   

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

   

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

   

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

   

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

   

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

   

When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.

   

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

   

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

   

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

   

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

   

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

   

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

   

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

   

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

   

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