All Jane Austen Quotes
- It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse… Ask
- A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill. Cannot Write
- Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. Every Man
- Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Chance
- It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before. Beauty
- In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Affection
- Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. Been
- Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. Crossed
- No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. Abbey
- How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! Approval
- A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer. Answer
- Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Considerable
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. Cannot Understand
- One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. All
- I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. Afraid
- 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