World Quotes by Jane Austen

“Of such, one may almost say, that 'the world is not their's, nor the world's law.”

— Jane Austen

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

— Jane Austen

The world may know my words, but it has no such privileges with my heart

— Jane Austen

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

— Jane Austen

All the world is good and agreeable in your eyes.

— Jane Austen

“Our pleasures in this world are always to be paid for.”

— Jane Austen

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.

— Jane Austen

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

— Jane Austen

The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies…

— Jane Austen

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

— Jane Austen

I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments,…

— Jane Austen

Not very good, I am afraid. But now really, do not you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?" "The nicest—by…

— Jane Austen

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of…

— Jane Austen

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can…

— Jane Austen

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I…

— Jane Austen

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!

— Jane Austen

Oh! you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see fault in any body.…

— Jane Austen

Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person, whom you think the most agreeable in…

— Jane Austen

I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of…

— Jane Austen

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of…

— Jane Austen

You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world,…

— Jane Austen

Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has a good a right to be in…

— Jane Austen

It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in…

— Jane Austen

When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in…

— Jane Austen

She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding…

— Jane Austen

Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this…

— Jane Austen

If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing…

— Jane Austen

There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think…

— Jane Austen

What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner, I hope,…

— Jane Austen

I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I…

— Jane Austen

We certainly do not forget you as soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We…

— Jane Austen

From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with…

— Jane Austen

A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world.

— Jane Austen

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world

— Jane Austen

I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he…

— Jane Austen

“I could not go away, you know, because of the rain; but I did so with myself anywhere in the world but…

— Jane Austen

He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.

— Jane Austen

I am sure of this, that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would be not half the disorders…

— Jane Austen

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming…

— Jane Austen

“Blessed with so many resources within myself the world was not necessary to me. I could do very well without it.”

— Jane Austen