Jane Austen Quotes - Page 11

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• I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he can spare from me.

  Jane Austen

  Laughing, World, Darcy

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.549, Ageless Reads

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• Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.

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  London, Estimating, Educated

  1814 Mansfield Park, ch.34.

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• She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

  Jane Austen

  Wise, Being Wise, Reasonable

  Jane Austen (1833). “Northanger abbey [followed by] Persuasion”, p.372

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• I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.

  Jane Austen

  Literature, Suspects

  Jane Austen (2013). “Emma (the Very Illustrated Edition)”, p.430, eBookIt.com

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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

  Life, Happiness, Being Yourself

  Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.368

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• There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

  Jane Austen

  Character, Thinking, People

  Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.119

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• I am rather impatient to know the fate of my best gown.

  Jane Austen

  Fate, Gowns, Impatient

  Jane Austen, Vivien Jones (2004). “Selected Letters”, p.30, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

  Jane Austen

  Forgiveness, Pride, Mrs Bennet

  Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.16

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• The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Men, Literature

  Jane Austen (1992). “Sense and Sensibility”, p.11, Wordsworth Editions

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• Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Nature, Interesting Situations

  Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.159

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• An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Artist

  Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (2011). “Jane Austen's Letters”, p.21, Oxford University Press

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• Five is the very awkwardest of all posible numbers to sit down to table.

  Jane Austen

  Numbers, Tables, Five

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• There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison

  Jane Austen

  Heart, Two, Feelings

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.509, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon , for I am put on the sofa near the fire and can drink as much wine as I like.

  Jane Austen

  Wine, Fire, Bye

  Jane Austen (2008). “Letters of Jane Austen: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.169, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.

  Jane Austen

  Happiness, People, Justice

  Blaine Josten, Jane Austen (2015). “Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Annotated)”, p.243, BookBaby

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• Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.

  Jane Austen

  Book, Reading, Should

  Jane Austen (1833). “Northanger Abbey”, p.24

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• He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.

  Jane Austen

  Rain, Interesting, Departed

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.46, Ageless Reads

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• The longer they were together the more doubtful seemed the nature of his regard, and sometimes for a few painful minutes she believed it to be no more than friendship

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  Together, Sometimes, Painful

  Jane Austen (2013). “Jane Austen Collection: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, Love and Friendship and Other Austin Works”, p.396, Lulu Press, Inc

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• What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?

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  Intelligent, Prejudice, Praise

  Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.122, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! – and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.

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  Real, Thinking, Generosity

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.302, BookCaps Study Guides

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• A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman of fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.

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  Girl, Sports, Boys

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.824, Wordsworth Editions

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• I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.

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  Goodness, Disposition

  Jane Austen (1813). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes”, p.237

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• A Woman never looks better than on horseback

  Jane Austen

  Horse, Looks, Horseback

  Jane Austen (2001). “Sense and Sensibility”, p.93, Broadview Press

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• Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

  Jane Austen

  Party, Doe, Littles

  "Pride and Prejudice". Book by Jane Austen. Chapter 6, 1813.

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• You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

  Jane Austen

  Christian, Names, Sight

  'Pride and Prejudice' (1813) ch. 57 (Mr Collins)

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