Women Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

11 Women quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Thackeray’s satire never loses its edge, even in a modest selection. These eleven quotes deliver his trademark humor while turning on women’s quirks, making for a quick, entertaining read.

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...the greatest tyrants over women are women.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Almost all women have hearts full of pity.

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The best of women are hypocrites.

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“It is those who injure women who get the most kindness from them.”

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Almost all women will give a sympathizing hearing to men who are in love. Be they ever so old, they grow young…

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A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the…

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Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This…

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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool…

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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew…

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“Indeed, for my own part, though I have been repeatedly told by persons for whom I have the greatest respect, that Miss…

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“... I regularly frequent St. George';s, Hanover Square, during the genteel marriage season; and though I have never seen the bridegroom's male…

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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

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Diffidence is a sort of false modesty.

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Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow…

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Charming Alnaschar visions! it is the happy privilege of youth to construct you.

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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight…

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An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.

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Vanity is often the unseen spur.

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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

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Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

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“Picture to yourself, O fair young reader, a worldly, selfish, graceless, thankless, religionless old woman, writhing in pain and fear, and without her wig.…

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