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William Makepeace Thackeray
Geburtstag: 18. Juli 1811
Todesdatum: 24. Dezember 1863
Andere Namen: William Thackeray, Уильям Теккерей
William Makepeace Thackeray war ein britischer Schriftsteller und gilt neben Charles Dickens und George Eliot als bedeutendster englischsprachiger Romancier des Viktorianischen Zeitalters.
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„Man weiß, wie es ist, wenn eine Frau eine andere tyrannisiert. Alle Qualen, die ein Mann auszuhalten hat, sind nichts im Vergleich mit den Stichelreden und Grausamkeiten, die arme Frauen von tyrannischen Geschlechtsgenossinnen sich gefallen lassen müssen - Tag für Tag bohren sie sich ihnen wie spitze Pfeile in die Seele, den armen Opfern.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit (Vanity fair). Aus dem Englischen von Katia Mann (1883-1980). Leipzig: List, 1967. S. 555
„Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Quelle: 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, buch 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.“
Quelle: 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.“
Sketches and Travels in London; Mr. Brown's Letters to his Nephew: "On Tailoring — And Toilettes in General" (1856).
Quelle: 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, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Vol. I, ch. 2.
Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
Kontext: 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, buch The Luck of Barry Lyndon
The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844), Ch. 13.
Kontext: 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, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Quelle: Vanity Fair
„Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out. Vol. II, ch. 27.
Quelle: Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
„Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Vol. II, ch. 2.
Quelle: 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, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Vol. I, ch. 19.
Quelle: Vanity Fair (1847–1848)
„All is vanity, nothing is fair.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Quelle: Vanity Fair
„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, buch The History of Henry Esmond
Bk. II, ch. 1.
The History of Henry Esmond (1852)
Quelle: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
„Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?“
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit
Quelle: Vanity Fair
