All Jane Austen Quotes
- What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the… Air
- Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Dare
- I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit. Cannot Help
- people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them Always Live
- I would much rather have been merry than wise. Been
- We neither of us perform to strangers. Inspirational
- It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing… Beautiful
- Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but that was when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have… Acquaintance
- She mediated, by turns, on broken promises and broken arches, phaetons and false hangings, Tilneys and trap-doors. Arches
- I walk: I prefer walking. Inspirational
- I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any… Advise
- I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly… Accomplished
- Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him;… Able
- We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. All
- You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. All
- This sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults. All
- If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard? Expect
- I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. Calm
- A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition… Almost Every
- I encourage him to be in his garden as often as possible. Then he has to walk to Rosings nearly every day. ... I admit… Admit