"I frequently observe that one pretty face would……" — Jane Austen

"I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights."

— Jane Austen

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691 Quotes by Jane Austen

Jane Austen has 691 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being…
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that…
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect…
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

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One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about… — J. J. Abrams
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times. — Lance Armstrong
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's… — Neil Armstrong
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,… — Arthur Ashe
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. — Fred Astaire
Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. — Kevyn Aucoin
My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. — Diane Ackerman
I was in preschool and a girl actually kissed me on the cheek. I didn't know what to do. I… — Jensen Ackles
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and… — Red Adair

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