All Jane Austen Quotes
- He certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person. Agreeable
- With women, the heart argues, not the mind. Argues
- Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard. Almighty
- We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. Dead
- Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another. Imperfection
- He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain. Departed
- I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set… Any
- Almost anything is possible with time Almost Anything
- One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy. Cannot Fix
- It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides. Advice
- There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help. Climate
- The sooner every party breaks up the better. Better
- A Woman never looks better than on horseback Better
- It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the… Agreeable
- With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. Every Feature
- In a letter from Bath to her sister, Cassandra, one senses her frustration at her sheltered existence, Tuesday, 12 May 1801. Another stupid party .… Another Stupid
- Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side. Better
- An artist cannot do anything slovenly. Anything Slovenly
- My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. Always Worse
- Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can… Facts
- I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! All
- I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage. Advantage
- One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. Always Say
- I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I… All
- A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it. Guess