William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes About Son

Quotes about: Son

• If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and, as it were, love their own loves over again.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Mother, Father, Son

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century”, p.144

• If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she was.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Son, Handsome, Apollo

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1849). “Vanity fair. With illustr. by the author”, p.19

• What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner? Ought a gentleman to be a loyal son, a true husband, an honest father? Ought his life to be decent, his bills to be paid, his taste to be high and elegant, his aims in life lofty and noble?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Wise, Husband, Father

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2008). “Contributions to Punch, Etc.”, p.311, Wildside Press LLC

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