Frases de William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
Data de nascimento: 18. Julho 1811
Data de falecimento: 24. Dezembro 1863
Outros nomes: William Thackeray, Уильям Теккерей
William Makepeace Thackeray , filho de Richmond Thackeray , secretário do Conselho de Receita da Companhia Britânica das Índias Orientais, e Anne Becher , cujo pai também serviu à Companhia como escritor, foi um romancista britânico de sucesso da Era Vitoriana, autor de obras renomadas como "Feira das Vaidades" , a "História de Henry Esmond" e "As Memórias de Barry Lyndon" , esta última conhecida por sua adaptação para o cinema por Stanley Kubrick, que dirigiu o filme premiado Barry Lyndon.
Citações William Makepeace Thackeray
„Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Fonte: Vanity Fair
„The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a poor-spirited coward.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, livro The Luck of Barry Lyndon
The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844).
„As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best.“
Fonte: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 40.
„Good humour may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Sketches and Travels, Etc.
Sketches and Travels in London; Mr. Brown's Letters to his Nephew: "On Tailoring — And Toilettes in General" (1856).
Fonte: Sketches and Travels, Etc.
„The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Vol. I, ch. 2.
Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
Contexto: The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.
„Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, livro The Luck of Barry Lyndon
The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844), Ch. 13.
Contexto: Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim. Attacking is his only secret. Dare, and the world always yields: or, if it beat you sometimes, dare again, and it will succumb.
„Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Fonte: Vanity Fair
„Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. Vol. II, ch. 27.
Fonte: Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
„Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Vol. II, ch. 2.
Fonte: Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
„If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
Vol. I, ch. 19.
Fonte: Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
„There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, livro The History of Henry Esmond
Bk. II, ch. 1.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
Fonte: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
