Quotes by Thackeray, William M.

Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it. >>

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

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

Quotations about Persuasion

If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the bette >>

Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellen >>

Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him >>

Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.

Thackeray, William M.