The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself. William Makepeace Thackeray More Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray More Quotes From William Makepeace Thackeray He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character. William Makepeace Thackeray safecharactermean Our measure of rewards and punishments is most partial and incomplete, absurdly inadequate, utterly worldly; and we wish to continue it into the next world. Into that next and awful world we strive to pursue men, and send after them our impotent paltry verdicts of condemnation or acquittal. We set up our paltry little rod to measure heaven immeasurable. William Makepeace Thackeray wishmenheaven 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 dreamlovelife Almost all women have hearts full of pity. William Makepeace Thackeray pityheart When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way. William Makepeace Thackeray fatelittlesway Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them. William Makepeace Thackeray foodmenthinking All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature. William Makepeace Thackeray virtuous-womanamusementrely-upon You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth. William Makepeace Thackeray wealthpovertycalling Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us. William Makepeace Thackeray occasionsfather Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it. William Makepeace Thackeray donebookworld The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name. William Makepeace Thackeray double-standardvicesnames Love makes fools of us all, big and little. William Makepeace Thackeray foollittleslove 'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.' William Makepeace Thackeray businesskingsbreakfast Never marry with the expectation of changing a person. William Makepeace Thackeray personsexpectations Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly. William Makepeace Thackeray admirationspiritmen What, indeed, does not that word "cheerfulness" imply? It means a contented spirit, it means a pure heart, it means a kind and loving disposition; it means humility and charity; it means a generous appreciation of others, and a modest opinion of self. William Makepeace Thackeray heartappreciationmean Dinner was made for eating, not for talking. William Makepeace Thackeray cookingfoodtalking He was always thinking of his brother's soul, or of the souls of those who differed with him in opinion: it is a sort of comfort which many of the serious give themselves. William Makepeace Thackeray brothergivingthinking It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. William Makepeace Thackeray societyimpossiblesometimes Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on cutting bread and butter. William Makepeace Thackeray cuttingbodybread
