Jane Austen Quotes
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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
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Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.
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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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You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.
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You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.
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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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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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Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.
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…she felt depressed beyond any thing she had ever known before.
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if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.
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She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.
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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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A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.
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An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?
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I can always live by my pen.
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Then it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction.
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I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.
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Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment.
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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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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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I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.