Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And with regard to the resentment of his family, or the indignation of the world, if the former were excited by his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Bennet replied that he had not. "But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“His understanding and opinions all please me; he wants nothing but a little more liveliness, and that, if he marry prudently, his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“My dear," replied her husband, "I have two small favours to request. First, that you will allow me the free use of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“As it was impossible however now to prevent their coming, Lady Middleton resigned herself to the idea of it, with all the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are the principle duties of both; and those men who… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I pay very little regard," said Mrs. Grant, "to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
To be so bent on Marriage - to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation - is a sort of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Maria was married on Saturday. In all important preparations of mind she was complete, being prepared for matrimony by a hatred of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end. But at length, by Elizabeth's persuasion, he was prevailed on to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“should therefore make the most of every half-hour in which she can command his attention. When she is secure of him, there… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I believe you [men] capable of everything great and good in your married lives. I believe you equal to every important exertion,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony. [Elizabeth] — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“His good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I will end up an old maid.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
People that marry can never part, but must go and keep house together. People that dance only stand opposite each other in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I admire all my three sons-in-law highly. Wickham, perhaps is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently. “You want to tell me, and I have… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“We met Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his wife, his mother or himself must be dead” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Time, you may be sure, will make one or the other of us think differently; and, in the meanwhile, we need not… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I admire all my three sons-in-law highly," said he. "Wickham, perhaps, is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Eliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
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