All Jane Austen Quotes
- How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue. Belong
- Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Affection
- This is an evening of wonders, indeed! Evening
- There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but… Chooses
- A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them. Bad
- she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which… Alone
- There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others… Character
- The power of doing any thing with quickness is always much prized by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the… Any
- I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be… All
- He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted, and rather selfish, is to be ill-disposed.... Cold
- Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing; but I have never been in love ; it is not my… Been
- There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy. Active
- If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it. Always Sure
- The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone. Beheld
- I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. Consists
- Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. Absurdity
- I might as well enquire,†replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you… Character
- I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested. Cap
- If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow. Fellow
- To her own heart it was a delightful affair, to her imagination it was even a ridiculous one, but to her reason, her judgment, it… Affair