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William Makepeace Thackeray — Portrait after a picture by Jesse Harrison Whitehurst (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist

1811–1863

19 quotes, most often on Love, Comedy and Writing.

Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited.
“Mr. Brown’s Letters to His Nephew: On Love, Marriage, Men and Women”, p. 109.
- Laughter
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.
Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter IIIn context
- Happiness
- Laughter

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