Jane Austen Quotes
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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.
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The worst crimes; are the crimes of the heart...
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Is not poetry the food of love?
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Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
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There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.
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A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.
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I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested.
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A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.
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…she felt depressed beyond any thing she had ever known before.
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An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.
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She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved; and from his judgement, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.
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Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge."
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Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.
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Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.
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What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it.
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But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
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The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing...
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There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.
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My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.
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I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
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[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion, and not often any resemblance of subject, for Mrs. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children, and Mrs. Allen of her gowns.