Jane Austen Quotes

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  It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

  Jane Austen

  Thinking, Action, Jane

  Jane Austen, Terry Glaspey (2015). “The Prayers of Jane Austen”, p.75, Harvest House Publishers

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• Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.

  Jane Austen

  Dream, Heart, Looks

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• I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!

  Jane Austen

  Reading, Library, Pride And Prejudice Book

  Jane Austen (2016). “Jane Austen The Dover Reader”, p.81, Courier Dover Publications

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• Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Perfect, Imperfection

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• Our scars make us know that our past was for real

  Jane Austen

  Real, Past, Scar

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  It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

  Jane Austen

  Judging, Body, Judgment

  Jane Austen (2016). “Emma”, p.119, Xist Publishing

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  There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Girly, Healing

  Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.343, MobileReference

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• Obstinate, headstrong girl!

  Jane Austen

  Girl, Prejudice, Headstrong

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.187, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• It's such a happiness when good people get together.

  Jane Austen

  People, Together, Good People

  Jane Austen (1867). “Emma: A Novel”, p.160

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• You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an instant And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of"

  Jane Austen

  Happiness, Heart, Giving

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• a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

  Jane Austen

  Done, May, Action

  Jane Austen (1882). “Emma”, p.241

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• Let us have the luxury of silence.

  Jane Austen

  Luxury, Silence

  Jane Austen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated)”, p.828, Delphi Classics

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• And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

  Jane Austen

  Healing, Feelings, Language

  Jane Austen (2013). “Sense and Sensibility: An Annotated Edition”, p.141, Harvard University Press

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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. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.

  Jane Austen

  Daughter, Men, Views

  Pride and Prejudice ch. 1 (1813)

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• Women are the only correspondents to be depended on.

  Jane Austen

  Jane Austen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated)”, p.1858, Delphi Classics

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• Almost anything is possible with time

  Jane Austen

  Inspiration, Anything Is Possible

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• Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

  Jane Austen

  Inspirational, Imagination, Flight

  Jane Austen (2015). “The Jane Austen MEGAPACK TM: All Her Classic Works”, p.673, Wildside Press LLC

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• Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

  Jane Austen

  Maturity, Self, Growth

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• You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Romantic, Pregnancy

  Jane Austen (2013). “Jane Austen on Love and Romance”, p.35, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again

  Jane Austen

  Giving, Smirk, May

  Jane Austen (2009). “Northanger Abbey”, p.13, Wild Jot Press

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• Know your own happiness.

  Jane Austen

  Knows

  Jane Austen (2013). “The Novels of Jane Austen”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Clever, Ideas

  Persuasion ch. 16 (1818)

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• Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

  Jane Austen

  Food, Apples, Pie

  Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (2011). “Jane Austen's Letters”, p.303, Oxford University Press

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• I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.

  Jane Austen

  Tree, Alive, Mulberry

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• How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

  Jane Austen

  Clever, Ignorant, Knows

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