'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard, Master Harry -- every man of every nation has done that -- 'tis the living up to it that's difficult. William Makepeace Thackeray»
Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb. William Makepeace Thackeray»
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. William Makepeace Thackeray»
To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficulty to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness William Makepeace Thackeray»