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William Makepeace Thackeray

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Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#good-humor #society #humor

Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#revenge #nature

Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#humor #satire #vanity #humor

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#vanity

People hate as they love, unreasonably.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#love #people #unreasonably

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#family-relationships #business

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


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#marriage

In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#vanity

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#inspirational

The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?


— William Makepeace Thackeray


#satire #vanity #satire






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Biography
Thackeray an only child was born in Calcutta India where his father Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 – 13 September 1815) was secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company. "
Tragedy struck in his personal life as his wife succumbed to depression after the birth of their third child in 1840. Thackeray is also British comedian Al Murray's great-great-great-grandfather.

: /ˈθækəri/ (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works particularly Vanity Fair a panoramic portrait of English society.

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