Jane Austen quotes - page 5

Till this moment I never knew myself. (Jane Austen)
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. View quote
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How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them! View quote
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Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. View quote
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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. View quote
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I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me. View quote
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Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. View quote
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you. View quote
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. View quote
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I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other. View quote
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We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him. (Jane Austen)
If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy. View quote
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My good opinion once lost is lost forever. View quote
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What strange creatures brothers are! View quote
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There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison. View quote
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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope. View quote
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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. View quote
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It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. View quote
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Better be without sense than to misapply it... View quote
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Without music, life would be a blank to me. View quote
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A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not. (Jane Austen)
You must be the best judge of your own happiness. View quote
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I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. View quote
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet. View quote
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Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives. View quote
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