Amusement Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

“The conduct and manners of women, in fact, evidently prove, that their minds are not in a healthy state; for, like the flowers that…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I say women exhibit the most exalted virtue when they depart from the domestic circle and enter on the concerns of their country, of…

— John Quincy Adams

“There should be no such thing as a class of females vulgarized by the necessity of finding daily amusement.”

— George Gissing

“A respectable old man gives the following sensible account of the method he pursued when educating his daughter. "I endeavoured to give both to…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Let's face it: Today silly women mired in the sophistries and seductions of the world, and haughty women obsessed with themselves, abound. Regrettably, many…

— Sheri L. Dew

“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field…

— Charlotte Brontë

Virtuous women do exist, I know. It's just on the endangered species list.

— KM II

The most fascinating women are those that can most enrich the every day moments of existence. In a particular and attaching sense, they are…

— Leigh Hunt

“The baneful consequences which flow from inattention to health during infancy, and youth, extend further than is supposed, dependence of body naturally produces dependence…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her reputation is…

— Jane Austen