“Elinor saw, and pitied her for, the neglect of abilities which education might have rendered so respectable; but she saw, with less… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and, therefore, not accessible to the cool reasonings of family… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“…her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must endeavor to subdue my mind to my fortune. I must learn to brook being happier than I deserve.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A very narrow income has a tendency to contract the mind, and sour the temper. Those who can barely live, and who… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“All this she must possess," added Darcy, "and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Could he ever be tolerably happy with Lucy Steele; could he, were his affection for herself out of the question, with his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Oh! No, I only mean what I have read about. It always puts me in mind of the country that Emily and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Anne wondered whether it ever occurred to him now, to question the justness of his own previous opinion as to the universal… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I had never understood her before, and that, as far as related to mind, it had been the creature of my own… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...but a mind of usefulness and ingenuity seemed to furnish him with constant employment within.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“even in the quieter professions, there is a toil and a labour of the mind, if not of the body, which seldom… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“her mind became cool enough to seek all the comfort that pride and self revenge could give. Henry” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She wanted to be alone. Her mind was in a state of flutter and wonder, which made it impossible for her to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you. My mind was more agreeably engaged. I have been meditating on the very great… — 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
