"She knew that when she played she was……" — Jane Austen

"She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation"

— 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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More Giving Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can… — Alexis Arguello
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They… — Karen Armstrong
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself… — Johann Arndt
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great… — Isaac Asimov
For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi

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