People/T
The quotations of
British novelist
1811–1863
19 quotes, most often on Love, Comedy and Writing.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all. Some of us can’t: and are proud of our impotence, too.
As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best.
Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863
