Jane Austen quotes

Jane Austen was an English novelist most famous for works such as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility." Her novels explore themes of love, marriage, and social status in the British landed gentry. She continues to influence literature and is celebrated for her wit and keen observations of society. Here are 599 of her quotes:

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. (Jane Austen)
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much! View quote
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I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. View quote
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One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. View quote
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. View quote
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Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love. View quote
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. View quote
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. View quote
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. View quote
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. View quote
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. (Jane Austen)
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. View quote
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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. View quote
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Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. View quote
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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. View quote
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Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does. View quote
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. View quote
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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn? View quote
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. View quote
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. View quote
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We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. (Jane Austen)
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. View quote
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. View quote
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One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. View quote
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To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. View quote
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Jane Austen

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Occupation: British Writer
Born: December 16, 1775
Died: July 18, 1817
Quotes count: 599
Wikipedia: Jane Austen

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