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