William Makepeace Thackeray słynne cytaty
If a writer can give you a sweet soothing, harmless sleep, has he not done you a kindness? So is the author who excites and interests you worthy of your thanks and benedictions. (ang.)
Źródło: Roundabout Papers
„Często się zdarza, że ludzie najzawzięciej nienawidzą tych, którym najwięcej wyrządzili krzywdy.”
Źródło: Pierścień i róża, 1855, tłum. Zofia Rogoszówna
William Makepeace Thackeray: Cytaty po angielsku
“He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.”
The Book of Snobs http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/snobs10.txt (1848), ch. 2.
Sorrows of Werther, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Sorrows of Werther, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Źródło: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 30.
Pendennis: At the Church Gate, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The History of Pendennis (1848-1850)
“I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.”
Źródło: The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 56.
"George III"
Said by Princess Augusta to her son, George III
Four Georges (1860-1861)