Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
JANE AUSTENGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
More Jane Austen Quotes
-
-
I must have my share in the conversation.
JANE AUSTEN -
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
JANE AUSTEN -
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
JANE AUSTEN -
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
JANE AUSTEN -
To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
JANE AUSTEN -
When I fall in love, it will be forever.
JANE AUSTEN -
What are men to rocks and mountains?
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.
JANE AUSTEN -
You 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 AUSTEN -
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
JANE AUSTEN -
But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
JANE AUSTEN -
Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
JANE AUSTEN -
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
JANE AUSTEN -
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
JANE AUSTEN -
She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
JANE AUSTEN






