Quote#Wisdom
When I say I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every…
Quote byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1811–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sketches and Travels in London (1847–1850), "Mr. Brown's Letters to His Nephew: On Love, Marriage, Men and Women", p. 96..
English (original)
When I say I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as I have no doubt she is to herself.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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