Posted on March 31, 2007October 19, 2010 by Ron ForemanWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Quotations Suppose in a game of life— and it is but a twopenny game after all— you are equally eager of winning. Shall you be ashamed of your ambition, or glory in it? William Makepeace Thackeray, “Autour de mon Chapeau,” 1863