Jane Austen

Jane Austen: It is happy...

Jane Austen: It is happy...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing...

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Jane Austen: I have been...

Jane Austen: I have been...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

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Jane Austen: Let other pens...

Jane Austen: Let other pens...

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Source: Mansfield Park, Ch. 48
-- Jane...

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Jane Austen: If there is...

Jane Austen: If there is...

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: Nobody can tell...

Jane Austen: Nobody can tell...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never...

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Jane Austen: It may be...

Jane Austen: It may be...

It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many...

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Jane Austen: In nine cases...

Jane Austen: In nine cases...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

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Jane Austen: One has not...

Jane Austen: One has not...

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the...

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Jane Austen: In every power,...

Jane Austen: In every power,...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the...

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Jane Austen: We met ....

Jane Austen: We met ....

We met . . . Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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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: She was nothing...

Jane Austen: She was nothing...

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her...

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Jane Austen: One cannot have...

Jane Austen: One cannot have...

One cannot have too large a party.

Source: 'Emma'
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16...

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Jane Austen: Where so many...

Jane Austen: Where so many...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be...

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: Next to being...

Jane Austen: Next to being...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

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Jane Austen: Single women have...

Jane Austen: Single women have...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of...

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Jane Austen: One does not...

Jane Austen: One does not...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but...

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Jane Austen: With men he...

Jane Austen: With men he...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature...

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