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Home Quotes & Sayings William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes (About Children, Desire, Pleasure, World)

William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes: Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy…

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.

("Vanity Fair")

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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Oh, those women They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts . . .
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Time has dealt kindly with that stout officer, as it does ordinarily with men who have good stomachs and good tempers, and are not perplexed over much by fatigue of the brain.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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