Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?-Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. William Makepeace Thackeray More Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray More Quotes From William Makepeace Thackeray When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise. William Makepeace Thackeray romantic looks thinking Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. William Makepeace Thackeray kindness inspiring inspirational Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray mothers-day family god The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. William Makepeace Thackeray reflection attitude positive A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray laughter inspiration happiness Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. William Makepeace Thackeray next excellence appreciation Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity. William Makepeace Thackeray training destiny soul A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. William Makepeace Thackeray flattery fool ears Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting. William Makepeace Thackeray return mirrors life A cheerful look brings joy to the heart. William Makepeace Thackeray cheerful heart joy To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. William Makepeace Thackeray love relationship life We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then was the old world. Stage-coaches, more or less swift, riding-horses, pack-horses, highwaymen, knights in armor, Norman invaders, Roman legions, Druids, Ancient Britons painted blue, and so forth -- all these belong to the old period. But your railroad starts the new era, and we of a certain age belong to the new time and the old one. We who lived before railways, and survive out of the ancient world, are like Father Noah and his family out of the Ark. William Makepeace Thackeray horse blue father Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful. William Makepeace Thackeray peaceful friendship men Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you. William Makepeace Thackeray success inspirational funny I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses. William Makepeace Thackeray moral men believe Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are! William Makepeace Thackeray vanity fate wise Young ladies may have been crossed in love, and have had their sufferings, their frantic moments of grief and tears, their wakeful nights, and so forth; but it is only in very sentimental novels that people occupy themselves perpetually with that passion, and I believe what are called broken hearts are a very rare article indeed. William Makepeace Thackeray grief disappointment believe You can't order remembrance out of the mind; and a wrong that was a wrong yesterday must be a wrong to-morrow. William Makepeace Thackeray remembrance yesterday order There is a skeleton in every house. William Makepeace Thackeray skeletons house People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. William Makepeace Thackeray conceited self people
