Three sons Quote by Jane Austen

“Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had…

— Jane Austen

“Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had…

— Jane Austen

“Catherine wished to discover whether her son were really ill or feigning. But he, worthy son of such a mother, played his part to…

— Alexandre Dumas

“No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life,…

— Jane Austen

“Catherine’s motto could well have been that genius is a long patience. With the successive reigns of her sons came her chance to show…

— Jane Dunn

“For Catherine, the lesson was that more than intelligence and goodwill were needed to break down the traditions, prejudices, and ignorance of both the…

— Robert K. Massie

“Throughout her career, Catherine seems to have believed that simply by reiterating her demands over and over she could either convince her opponents of…

— Nancy Goldstone

“Only Catherine has the capacity to change and mature, although here...our heroine pays a dear price for this change. And she does take a…

— Azar Nafisi

“Catherine, who was extremely modest, had no desire to shine, and on most social occasions, as they are called, you would have found her…

— Henry James

“Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.”

— Mabel Hale

“To ensure that Catherine would settle into her new role as queen, letters were dispatched, with Charles addressing her as ‘my wife and lady’…

— Sophie Shorland

Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants.

— Katharine Anthony