Jane Austen quotes - page 9

Every moment has its pleasures and its hope. (Jane Austen)
He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal. View quote
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There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county. View quote
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It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire. View quote
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Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love? View quote
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I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it. View quote
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Everything nourishes what is strong already. View quote
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Well, evil to some is always good to others. View quote
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Sitting with her on Sunday evening - a wet Sunday evening - the very time of all others when if a friend is at hand the heart must be opened, and every thing toldà. View quote
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To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well. View quote
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Nobody can tell what I suffer But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. (Jane Austen)
If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it. View quote
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Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. View quote
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But I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days. View quote
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Maybe it's that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever. View quote
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You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. View quote
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Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride-- where these is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation. View quote
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Run mad as long as you choose, but do not faint. View quote
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From the very beginning- from the first moment, I may almost say- of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry. View quote
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I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill. View quote
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But to appear happy when I am so miserable - Oh! who can require it? (Jane Austen)
I must have my share in the conversation... View quote
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste it's fragrance on the desert air. View quote
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It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should. View quote
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It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do. View quote
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