--- title: "18 Austen Quotes By Jane Austen" description: "18 Austen quotes by Jane Austen. Plus more from Jane Austen and more Austen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/jane-austen-39_quote_there-is-no-charm-equal-to-tenderness-of_1663450.jpg" --- > [“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." Jane Austen in 'Emma”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/there-is-no-charm-equal-to-tenderness-of-heart-jane-austen-in-emma/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/jane-austen-39_quote_there-is-no-charm-equal-to-tenderness-of_1663450.jpg) > [“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.” (Jane Austen)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/life-seems-but-a-quick-succession-of-busy-nothings-jane-austen/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/jane-austen-39_austen_life-seems-but-a-quick-succession-of-bus_764786.jpg) > [“It's a truth universally acknowledged...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/it-s-a-truth-universally-acknowledged/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/jane-austen-39_austen_it-s-a-truth-universally-acknowledged-11_1127074.jpg) > [“Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.” ~ Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/till-i-have-your-disposition-your-goodness-i-never-can-have-your/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/jane-austen-39_austen_till-i-have-your-disposition-your-goodne_2643722.jpg) > [“JANE AUSTEN was born in 1775 in the village of Steventon, Hampshire, the daughter of an Anglican clergyman. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/jane-austen-was-born-in-1775-in-the-village-of-steventon-hampshire/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/jane-austen-39_austen_jane-austen-was-born-in-1775-in-the-vill_3146544.jpg) > [“There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person." Jane Austen in 'Emma”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/there-is-safety-in-reserve-but-no-attraction-one-cannot-love-a/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/jane-austen-39_austen_there-is-safety-in-reserve-but-no-attrac_528652.jpg) > [“The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.” ― Jane Austen, Love and Friendship”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/the-very-first-moment-i-beheld-him-my-heart-was-irrevocably-gone-jane/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/jane-austen-39_february_the-very-first-moment-i-beheld-him-my-he_884448.jpg) > [“No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/no-man-is-offended-by-another-man-s-admiration-of-the-woman-he-loves-2/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/jane-austen-39_admiration_no-man-is-offended-by-another-man-s-admi_2613555.jpg) > [“She ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry; and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/she-ventured-to-hope-he-did-not-always-read-only-poetry-and-to-say/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/jane-austen-39_anne-elliot_she-ventured-to-hope-he-did-not-always-r_548121.jpg) > [“Sir Edward's great object in life was to be seductive. With such personal advantages as he knew himself to possess, and such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/sir-edward-s-great-object-in-life-was-to-be-seductive-with-such/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/jane-austen-39_austen_sir-edward-s-great-object-in-life-was-to_2331363.jpg) > [“It is a truth universally acknowledged…well, in this crowd, I believe we can depend on our fellow bookies to fill in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged-well-in-this-crowd-i-believe/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/jane-austen-39_austen_it-is-a-truth-universally-acknowledged-w_513397.jpg) > [“Gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough, to forgive all the petulance and acrimony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/gratitude-not-merely-for-having-once-loved-her-but-for-loving-her/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/jane-austen-39_austen_gratitude-not-merely-for-having-once-lov_123962.jpg) > [“Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/every-young-lady-may-feel-for-my-heroine-in-this-critical-moment-for/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/jane-austen-39_austen_every-young-lady-may-feel-for-my-heroine_2282835.jpg) > [“Anne always contemplated them as some of the happiest creatures of her acquaintance; but still, saved as we all are, by some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/anne-always-contemplated-them-as-some-of-the-happiest-creatures-of/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/jane-austen-39_austen_anne-always-contemplated-them-as-some-of_1317803.jpg) > [“When the evening was over, Anne could not but be amused at the idea of her coming to Lyme, to preach patience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/when-the-evening-was-over-anne-could-not-but-be-amused-at-the-idea-of/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/jane-austen-39_anne-elliot_when-the-evening-was-over-anne-could-not_2354398.jpg) > [“I never saw quite so wretched an example of what a sea-faring life can do: but to a degree, I know it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/i-never-saw-quite-so-wretched-an-example-of-what-a-sea-faring-life/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/jane-austen-39_austen_i-never-saw-quite-so-wretched-an-example_2400456.jpg) > [ “Her \[Mrs Croft's\] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/her-mrs-croft-s-manners-were-open-easy-and-decided-like-one-who-had/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/jane-austen-39_austen_her-mrs-croft-s-manners-were-open-easy-a_641498.jpg) > [“She longed to know what at the moment was passing in his mind, in what manner he thought of her, and whether,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/she-longed-to-know-what-at-the-moment-was-passing-in-his-mind-in-what/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/jane-austen-39_austen_she-longed-to-know-what-at-the-moment-wa_2595335.jpg) ## Other authors on Austen ## More by Jane Austen > [Let us have the luxury of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/let-us-have-the-luxury-of-silence/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/how-earnestly-did-she-then-wish-that-her-former-opinions-had-been/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/it-is-very-well-worth-while-to-be-tormented-for-two-or-three-years-of/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [ “Everybody is taken in at some period or another. \[...\] In marriage especially. \[...\] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/everybody-is-taken-in-at-some-period-or-another-in-marriage/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/she-knew-that-what-marianne-and-her-mother-conjectured-one-moment/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/for-i-look-upon-the-frasers-to-be-about-as-unhappy-as-most-other/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/it-raises-my-spleen-more-than-any-thing-to-have-the-pretence-of-being/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/her-spirits-wanted-the-solitude-and-silence-which-only-numbers-could/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“But in such cases as these a good memory is unpardonable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/but-in-such-cases-as-these-a-good-memory-is-unpardonable/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/the-pleasantness-of-an-employment-does-not-always-evince-its-propriety/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/such-squeamish-youths-as-cannot-bear-to-be-connected-with-a-little/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/i-must-tell-you-what-you-will-not-ask-though-i-may-wish-it-unsaid-the/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/lady-catherine-seemed-quite-astonished-at-not-receiving-a-direct/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/he-had-suffered-and-he-had-learnt-to-think-two-advantages-that-he-had/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) > [“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Eliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/vanity-was-the-beginning-and-the-end-of-sir-walter-eliot-s-character/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/austen/jane-austen/#itemlist", "name": "18 Austen Quotes By Jane Austen", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.\" Jane Austen in 'Emma”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Austen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/there-is-no-charm-equal-to-tenderness-of-heart-jane-austen-in-emma/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/jane-austen-39_quote_there-is-no-charm-equal-to-tenderness-of_1663450.jpg", "contentUrl": 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