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Lady Quotes by Jane Austen
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
- A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may…
- No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady…
- But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to…
- If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.
- Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other known the same…
- A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.
- And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young…
- The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing
- My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?
- And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or…
- The person, be it lady or gentlemen who has not pleasure in a good book must be intoleranlty stupid.
More Lady Quotes
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen
- A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels… — Jane Austen
- I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady. — Michele Bachmann
- Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the… — Honore de Balzac
- What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live… — Brigitte Bardot
- There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. — Joseph Addison
- To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should… — Max Beerbohm
- I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that. — Pat Benatar
- Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two… — Ambrose Bierce
- I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her… — Christina Aguilera
- My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully. — Chris Brown