Jane Austen

Jane Austen: Every man is...

Jane Austen: Every man is...

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Source: In The...

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Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a...

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Jane Austen: An egg boiled...

Jane Austen: An egg boiled...

An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.

Source: (Mr Woodhouse) Emma, Ch....

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Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and...

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Jane Austen: For what do...

Jane Austen: For what do...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

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Jane Austen: From this day...

Jane Austen: From this day...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your mother will never see you again if you do not...

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Jane Austen: A man ....

Jane Austen: A man ....

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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Jane Austen: From politics, it...

Jane Austen: From politics, it...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: Human nature is...

Jane Austen: Human nature is...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Jane Austen: But Shakespeare one...

Jane Austen: But Shakespeare one...

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His...

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Jane Austen: It does not...

Jane Austen: It does not...

It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any...

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Jane Austen: How can you...

Jane Austen: How can you...

How can you contrive to write so even?

Source: (Miss Bingley) Pride and Prejudice,...

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Jane Austen: It is very...

Jane Austen: It is very...

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

Source: 'Emma' [Cf....

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Jane Austen: It is a...

Jane Austen: It is a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a...

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Jane Austen: Friendship is the...

Jane Austen: Friendship is the...

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Source: In An...

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Jane Austen: It is always...

Jane Austen: It is always...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of...

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Jane Austen: I am afraid...

Jane Austen: I am afraid...

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

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Jane Austen: It will, I...

Jane Austen: It will, I...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of...

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