General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who had made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
... But he recommended the books which charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and corrected her judgment; he made reading… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Oh!” said she, “I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have made myself two or three caps to wear of evenings since I came home, and they save me a world… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“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 Image
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
