Jane Austen quotes - page 2

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. (Jane Austen)
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. View quote
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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. View quote
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. View quote
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One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. View quote
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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. View quote
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. View quote
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Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. View quote
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An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done. View quote
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There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. View quote
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From politics, it was an easy step to silence. (Jane Austen)
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. View quote
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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. View quote
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How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! View quote
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No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. View quote
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Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion. View quote
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One man's style must not be the rule of another's. View quote
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The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's. View quote
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One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. View quote
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon. View quote
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. (Jane Austen)
When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort. View quote
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How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue. View quote
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Angry people are not always wise. View quote
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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. View quote
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