10 William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes on Love

William Makepeace Thackeray quotes on love

14. Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.

16. Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin. Wait till you come to Forty Year.

23. Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.

28. Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

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

33. Yes, I am a fatal man, Madame Fribsbi. To inspire hopeless passion is my destiny.

34. Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

36. As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best.

42. Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered.

52. When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.