William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863
Birthday: July 18
Death: December 24
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.
source: William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.540, Delphi Classics
topic: Reflection, Men, Glasses, Jolly, Vanity Fair
