All Jane Austen Quotes
- If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. Going Untowardly
- Those who do not complain are never pitied. Complain
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. Best
- Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness… Admire
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. All
- Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. Body
- What is right to be done cannot be done too soon. Done Cannot
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of… Belief
- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Always Laughing
- There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of… Amiable
- Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Bring
- Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. Dwell
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. All
- I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. Cannot Speak
- One man's style must not be the rule of another's. Inspirational
- Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. Every Sort
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. Argument
- There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. Deserve
- Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. Correct
- Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. Generally Understand