It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

William Makepeace Thackeray
Some Similar Quotes
  1. The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love. - Euripides

  2. Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice... - Anthony De Mello

  3. Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past. - Shannon L. Alder

  4. Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth. - Michael Bassey Johnson

  5. O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man... - Suzy Kassem

More Quotes By William Makepeace Thackeray
  1. To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

  2. Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

  3. Here is a minute. It may be my love is dead, but here is a minute to kneel over the grave and pray by it.

  4. It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now

  5. There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.

Related Topics