All Jane Austen Quotes
- I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow. Been
- She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer… Became
- He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again. Body
- It is wonderful, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride;-and pride has often been his best friend. Action
- May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. 'I am… Accounts
- to hope was to expect Expect
- Time will explain. Explain
- But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread abroad… Abroad
- An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous. Best
- Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently. Cried
- ...I will not allow books to prove any thing." "But how shall we prove any thing?" "We never shall. Allow
- Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart? Acceptance
- It taught me to hope," said he, "as I had scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before." Mr. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice Allowed
- It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short. Delightful
- How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and… Affection
- Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend. Darling
- It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the… Affection
- I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will… Expectations
- [Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called… Allen
- ...faultless in spite of all her faults... All