Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray /ˈθækəri/ (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
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“Whenever he met a great man he grovelled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)
“It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)
“What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy’s tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)