About William Makepeace Thackeray
1811 – 1863
English novelist, author of "Vanity Fair".
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“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
“Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb.”
“Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.”
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“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”
“Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.”
“He knew she was there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart.”
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”