William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

“I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:womenwealth

“Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, The Luck of Barry Lyndon

topic:women

“What do men know about women's martyrdoms? We should go mad had we to endure the hundredth part of those daily pains which are meekly borne by many women.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:womenpain

“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:womenvirtue

“He went to the deuce for a woman. There must be good in a man who will do that.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:womenmengood

“A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:womenbeautyintelligence

“Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they fall out on money matters? Everybody does it. Everybody is right, I suppose, and the world is a rogue.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:friendshipmoney

“It is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody.”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:friendshipcare

“Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:natureevil

“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their...”

― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

topic:world