General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENIt is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
JANE AUSTENLaugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
JANE AUSTENHow clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
JANE AUSTENSelf-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
JANE AUSTENBut indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
JANE AUSTENWhen pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
JANE AUSTENYou have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
JANE AUSTENI cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
JANE AUSTENTo love is to burn, to be on fire.
JANE AUSTENThe enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
JANE AUSTENIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
JANE AUSTENIf I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
JANE AUSTENIndulge your imagination in every possible flight.
JANE AUSTENA vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
JANE AUSTENShe was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
JANE AUSTEN