All Jane Austen Quotes
- It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do. Action
- I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch… Appear
- Till this moment I never knew myself. Funny
- There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt… Always Rises
- You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections… Affection
- Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no… Abominably
- Indulge your imagination in every possible flight. Every Possible
- Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and… All
- When once married people begin to attack me with, 'Oh! you will think very differently, when you are married,' I can only say, 'No I… Attack
- I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful. Afraid
- Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not. Age
- The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as… Anne
- Teach us...... that we may feel the importance of every day, of every hour, as it passes. Day
- To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. Compliment
- And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational… Day
- It was absolutely necessary to interrupt him now. Absolutely
- She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a… Administering
- But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever. Alter
- An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see… Alternative
- The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object… Action
- They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly… Abrupt
- You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor little children first… Allow
- Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. Affection
- To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well Age
- A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other. All