Famous Quotes by Jane Austen
- What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. More
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so... More
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering,... More
- She believed that she must now submit to feel that another lesson, in the art of know ing our own... More
- It was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely;... More
- My idea of good company ... is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal... More
- If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling... More
- History, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... I read it a little as a duty; but it... More
- Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever... More
- Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it... More
- There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them... More
- Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of... More
- Undoubtedly ... there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ... More
- A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in... More
- Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They... More
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to... More
- I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. More
- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. More
- Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young... More
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. More
- It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their... More
- A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer. More
- There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. More
- A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable, old maid! the... More
- It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A... More
- There are people, the more you do for them, the less they do for themselves. More
- General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. More
- To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. More
- There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. More
- There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled... More
- But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman’s... More
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her... More
- Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is part of a British man’s... More
- I am pleased that you have learned to love a hyacinth. The mere habit of learning to love is the... More
- No man is offended by another man’s admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who... More
- I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world... More
- I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are the principle... More
- Only one comes back with me tomorrow, probably Miss Eliza, & I
rather dread it. We shall... More
- I am looking over Self Control again, & my opinion is
confirmed of its being an... More
- I am greatly pleased with your account of Fanny; I found her
in the summer just as you... More
- I am fully sensible that an historical romance, founded on the
House of Saxe Cobourg, might... More
- What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited Sketches,
full of Variety and Glow?—How... More
- There are such beings in the World perhaps, one in a Thousand,
as the Creature You and I... More
- Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying
without affection. More
- What fine weather this is! Not very becoming perhaps early in
the morning, but very pleasant... More
- The work is rather too light, bright, and sparkling; it wants
shade; it wants to be stretched... More
- Do not be in a hurry; depend upon it, the right Man will come
at last; you will in the course... More
- You are now collecting your People delightfully, getting them
exactly into such as spot as is... More
- Nothing is to be compared to the misery of being bound
without Love, bound to one, &... More
- A classical education, or at any rate a very extensive
acquaintance with English literature,... More
- An artist cannot do anything slovenly. More
- Single Women have a dreadful propensity for being poor—which
is one very strong argument in... More
- I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I
did, and am looking about for a... More
- I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as
ever appeared in print. More
- If the warmth of her Language could affect the Body it might
be worth reading in this weather. More
- Lady Sondes’ match surprises, but does not offend me; had her
first marriage been of... More
- I wish you would not let him plunge into a ôvortex of
Dissipation.ö I do not object to the... More
- She found his manners very pleasing indeed.—The little flaw of
having a Mistress now living... More
- I do not write for such dull elves
As have not a great deal of ingenuity themselves. More
- We are to have a tiny party here tonight; I hate tiny
parties—they force one into constant... More
- Your letter is come; it came indeed twelve lines ago, but I
could not stop to acknowledge it... More
- Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a
dead child, some weeks before she... More
- Mrs. John Lyford is so much pleased with the state of
widowhood as to be going to put in for... More
- Mrs. Powlett was at once expensively nakedly dress’d; we have
had the satisfaction of... More
- Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does. More
- It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;Mit is disposition alone. Seven years... More
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may... More
- Unhappy as the event must be ... we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a... More
- Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. More
- It is indolence ... indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for... More
- Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. More
- A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill. More
- For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? More
- You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have... More
- With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. More
- The post-office had a great charm at one period of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you... More
- A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who... More
- Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often... More
- Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. More
- One man’s style must not be the rule of another’s. More
- Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. More
- If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. More
- There are secrets in all families. More
- What is right to be done cannot be done too soon. More
- The truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy in London, nobody... More
- Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their com plexion. More
- Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. More
- One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. More
- Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has... More
- What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of... More
- Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its... More
- Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any... More
- A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as... More
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be... More
- A Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation. More
- It was a sweet view—sweet to the eye and the mind. British verdure, British culture, British... More
- The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, “Men never know when things are dirty or... More
- Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and... More
- Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen... More
- It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people... More
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