Jane Austen quotes - page 18

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. (Jane Austen)
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. View quote
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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. View quote
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My head-dress was a bugle-band like the border to my gown, and a flower of Mrs Tilson's. I depended upon hearing something of the evening from Mr. W. K., and am very well satisfied with his notice of me - "A pleasing looking young woman" - that must do; one cannot pretend to anything better now; thankful to have it continued a few years longer! View quote
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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am. View quote
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To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last. View quote
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Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge." -Elinor Dashwood. View quote
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...I will not allow books to prove any thing." "But how shall we prove any thing?" "We never shall. View quote
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There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal. View quote
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My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be. View quote
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My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. (Jane Austen)
We are all fools in love. View quote
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Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. View quote
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And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them. View quote
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Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. View quote
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The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.' View quote
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..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself. View quote
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Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did. View quote
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The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful - and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behavior towards the undeserving of the opposite sex. View quote
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In nine cases out of ten a woman had better show more affection than she feels. View quote
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There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to. (Jane Austen)
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better we find comfort somewhere . . . View quote
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A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else. View quote
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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 is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best. View quote
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We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. View quote
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