Woman worth Quote by Jane Austen

“What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you I was properly humbled.”

— Jane Austen

“By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You shewed me how insufficient were all my…

— Jane Austen

“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. As a child I was taught what was right,…

— Jane Austen

“Oh! certainly," cried his faithful assistant, "no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A…

— Jane Austen

“I shall be perfectly content to spend time with Mr Darcy and enjoy his manner of flattering my ego, for I must confess he…

— P.O. Dixon

“...It was painful, exceedingly painful, to know that they were under obligations to a person who could never receive a return..." The paper fell.…

— Rachel Van Dyken

“And now I knew myself to be generous with encouragement only when I either did not want the thing the other person sought or…

— Curtis Sittenfield

“I remember hearing you once say, Mr. Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable. You are very cautious,…

— Jane Austen

“However, Mr. Darcy was the man I truly admired. I see him clearly. He is exceptionally tall, and his head is covered with black…

— Jane Hamilton

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy

— Jane Austen

“Dedicated to: You. You were a total gentleman and a relief. And I believe that joy becomes you - you most certainly deserve it.”

— J.R.Ward

“They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of resistance gave…

— William Maxwell