Affinity Quote by Jane Austen Download Open image “Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.” — Jane Austen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affinity Affinity Cunning Bears Bears Affinity Cunning Cunning Despicable Despicable
Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed. Discretion has large and extended views, and, like a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Cunning is a short blanket--if you pull it over your face, you expose your feet. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Those who have the most cunning affect all their lives to condemn cunning; that they may make use of it on some great occasion,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have an affinity with the Leicester community and want the best for them. — Mark Morrison Copy Share Image
There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
This formula of Love is universal; all the laws of Nature are its servitors. Thus, gravitation, chemical affinity, electrical potential, and the rest -… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Your brain may give birth to any technology, but other brains will decide whether the technology thrives. The number of possible technologies is infinite,… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses,… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough. They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods. — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
The affinity of blood or pure haemoglobins for oxygen is a complex phenomenon, depending upon a number of conditions, the most important of which… — August Krogh Copy Share Image
![“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be so, when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in…” quote by Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/37a/jane-austen-39_marriage_everybody-is-taken-in-at-some-period-or_7175.jpg)
