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Subjects Quotes by Jane Austen
- 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…
- The advantages of natural folly in a beautiful girl have been already set forth by the capital pen of a sister author; and to her…
- Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face…
- What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner, I hope, for, by that…
- You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections…
- Books--oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the same feelings." "I am sorry you think so; but if that…
- [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…
- Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in…
- I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call…
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe
- Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard. — Margaret Atwood
- Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly… — Charles Babbage
- I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope… — Charles Babbage
- If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.… — Michael D. Barnes
- I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. — Lynda Barry
- All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps,… — Mario Batali