Humorous-quotations Quote by Brandy Potter

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." ~…

— Brandy Potter

“It is truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a large fortune is in want of a wife!”

— Jane Austen

“For a single man with a good fortune must be in want of a wife”

— Jane Austen

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.”

— Julia Quinn

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' I…

— Michelle Cooper

“And this I set down as a positive truth. A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“A man finds good thing and favor when he finds a good wife. A woman lives in good fortune when she gets married to…

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“No one marries for love, except in stories. People marry for property and position, and one day so will you.”

— Judith James

“I should think it might be difficult to possess a wife whom almost every other man in town has known so intimately, but no…

— Oakley Hall

“There is always a thought of marriage between a single female and a personable gentleman, if not in his mind, quite certainly in hers.”

— Georgette Heyer

“A man with an affectionate disposition, who finds a wife to concur with his fundamental idea of life, easily comes to persuade himself that…

— George Eliot

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man.”

— Alexandra Potter