William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

Those who live by the wall must die by the wall.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

We build a fire in a powder magazine, then double the fire department to put it out. We inflame wild beasts with the smell of blood, and then innocently wonder at the wave of brutal appetite that sweeps the land as a consequence.

Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears, That show no end but death, and have the power, Of many ways to die the shortest choosing, Destruction with destruction to destroy.

I only want to catch you,” Michael explained. “I won’t hurt you.” “No! No!” the star crackled desperately. “That’s wrong! I’m supposed to die!” “But I could save you if you’d let me catch you,” Michael told it gently. “No!” cried the star. “I’d rather die!

Revenge proves its own executioner.

The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.

While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast.

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

If a war has to happen, a war has to happen.

For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make man agree to his own destruction.

Whenever one pulls the trigger in order to rectify history's mistake, one lies. For history makes no mistakes, since it has no purpose.

It's better to accept destiny.

Life and hope must cease together.

Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.

Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.

I would not despair unless I knew the irrevocable decree was passed; saw my misfortune recorded in the book of fate, and signed and sealed by neces-sity.

The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.

Fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step.

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.

there's no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate.