Quotes from Roundabout Papers — William Makepeace Thackeray
1811–1863 England
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Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them—almost all women;—a vast number of clever, hard-headed men.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our Cushion.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain, we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles: and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word: on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
Those who are gone, you have. Those who departed loving you, love you still; and you love them always. They are not really gone, those dear hearts and true; they are only gone into the next room: and you will presently get up and follow them, and yonder door will close upon you, and you will no more be seen.
Roundabout Papers (1863)
Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbour is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper, excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.
Roundabout Papers (1863)