Jane Austen quotes - page 12

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. (Jane Austen)
Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it. View quote
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Know your own happiness. View quote
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A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself. View quote
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We do not suffer by accident. View quote
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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time. View quote
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I was quiet, but I was not blind. View quote
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If a book is well written, I always find it too short. View quote
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Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last. View quote
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She was one of those, who, having, once begun, would be always in love. View quote
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Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream. (Jane Austen)
You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy. View quote
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Beware how you give your heart. View quote
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I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. View quote
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[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible. View quote
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Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? View quote
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Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart? View quote
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for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him. View quote
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I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both. View quote
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Eleanor went to her room "where she was free to think and be wretched. View quote
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness." -Edward Ferrars. (Jane Austen)
They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again. View quote
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We certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves. View quote
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She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous. View quote
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea. View quote
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