Accepting Quote by Jane Austen

“I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not,…

— Jane Austen

“If a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.”

— Jane Austen

“I think it ought not to be set down as certain, that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to…

— Jane Austen

A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered.

— Mary Astell

“I should have thought,' said Fanny after a pause of recollection and exertion, 'that every woman must have felt the possibility of a man's…

— Jane Austen

“A responsible woman sees and accepts only the best in a given situation.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

“There was no use denying anything to a woman, for she would have her way.”

— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

— Robert Smith Surtees

“He wasn't a gentleman and there was no telling what men would do when they weren't gentlemen. There was no standard to judge them…

— Margaret Mitchell

“Better to follow a woman’s example than mindlessly heed the dictates of men.”

— Connie Brockway

“I should like the woman I choose to be very honest, generous, and to have a sincere faith in God, rather than mindlessly following…

— Melanie Dickerson

“A man must be quite intelligent in order to accept that a woman is his intellectual equal.”

— Dora Musielak