Quotes by Thackeray, William M.

Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's >>

'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to >>

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-concei >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the d >>

A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in >>

'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds >>

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!

Thackeray, William M.