Quotes by Thackeray, William M.

People hate as they love, unreasonably. >>

I would rather make my name than inherit it. >>

It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better t >>

Quotations about Aristocracy

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthi >>

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do >>

If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fas >>

If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we must make allowances for the rich men's failings, and recollect that we, too, were very likely indolent and voluptuous, had we no motive for work, a mortal's natural taste for pleasure, and the daily temptation of a large income. What could a great peer, with a great castle and park, and a great fortune, do but be splendid and idle?

Thackeray, William M.