Truth Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray

“Why would I marry? I'm not made to be any man's chattel. I have my work, which I love. I have my home -…

— Geraldine Brooks

“I should like the woman I choose to be very honest, generous, and to have a sincere faith in God, rather than mindlessly following…

— Melanie Dickerson

“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

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

— Judith James

“marriage had always been her object; it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness,…

— Jane Austen

“It is not saying too much; I know what I feel, and how averse are my inclinations to the bare thought of marriage. No…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Women are fools; they will marry anything that has a heartbeat just to have a man.”

— Fannie Flagg

“Very well, sir. A woman's opinion, however humble she may be, is always worth listening to, if she's got any sense...If you put yourself…

— Émile Zola

“A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will…

— Ellen J. Barrier

“Nothing becomes some women more than the prick of ambition. Love, on the contrary, may make them very dull.”

— Françoise Sagan

“Once, when our paths crossed, he told me that the kindest thing I’d ever done was to not marry him. Perhaps because he was…

— Lorraine Heath

“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