Jane Austen Quotes - Page 20

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• There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Sorry, Giving

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.16, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.

  Jane Austen

  Justice, Can Do, Greater

  Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.336

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• For what do we live, but to make sport by subjecting our neighbors to endless discretionary review for minor additions?

  Jane Austen

  Sports, Neighbor, Reviews

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• I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are the principle duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or to marry them selves, have no business with the partners or wives of the neighbors.

  Jane Austen

  Marriage, Dance, Country

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• You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.

  Jane Austen

  Fate, People, Unhappy

  Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (2011). “Jane Austen's Letters”, p.32, Oxford University Press

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• I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.

  Jane Austen

  Men, Way, Notion

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.1249, Ageless Reads

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• Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person, whom you think the most agreeable in the world, the person who interests you at this present time, more than all the rest of the world put together.

  Jane Austen

  Night, Thinking, Together

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.348, BookCaps Study Guides

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• We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

  Jane Austen

  Encouragement, Heart, Enough

  Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.17

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• He may live in my memory as the most amiable man of my acquaintance.

  Jane Austen

  Memories, Men, May

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.317, Wordsworth Editions

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• I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience.

  Jane Austen

  May, Rewards, Tendencies

  Jane Austen, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Jane Austen: All novels, short stories, letters and poems”, p.1134, GENERAL PRESS

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• Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible.

  Jane Austen

  Past, Mind, Disorder

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.777, Ageless Reads

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• She had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever.

  Jane Austen

  Forgiving

  Jane Austen (2005). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.1189, Wordsworth Editions

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• I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.

  Jane Austen

  Book, Men, Feelings

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

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• Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.

  Jane Austen

  Fate, Opinion, Favourite

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.230, Wordsworth Editions

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• Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.

  Jane Austen

  Sound, Noise, Matter

  Jesse Zuba, Jane Austen (2009). “Persuasion - Jane Austen”, p.211, Infobase Publishing

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• To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.

  Jane Austen

  Style, Rejected

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.502, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle.

  Jane Austen

  Sex, Circles, Differences

  Jane Austen (1833). “Northanger abbey [followed by] Persuasion”, p.423

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• But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are — all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. — It is a regular thing

  Jane Austen

  Three, Foolish, Young

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.755, Ageless Reads

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• Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

  Jane Austen

  Reflection, Indulge In, Relief

  Jane Austen (1946). “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”, p.128, PDFreeBooks.org

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• To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well.

  Jane Austen

  Perfect, Age, Perfect Happiness

  "Fictional character: The Voice of Jane Austen". "Northanger Abbey", www.imdb.com. March 25, 2007.

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• And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.

  Jane Austen

  Reading, Mind, Add

  Jane Austen (2008). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.54, Waking Lion Press

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• Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

  Jane Austen

  Vanity, Pride And Prejudice Book, Folly

  Jane Austen (1819). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel”, p.166

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• May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. 'I am trying to make it out.' 'And what is your success?' She shook her head. 'I do not get on at all. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.

  Jane Austen

  Character, Illustration, Trying

  Jane Austen (2006). “The Complete Novels: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.327, Penguin

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• I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.

  Jane Austen

  People, Advantage, Should

  Jane Austen (1867). “Mansfield Park: A Novel”, p.43, Bronson Tweed Publishing

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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.

  Jane Austen

  Heart, Men, Feelings

  Jane Austen (2008). “Persuasion. Northanger Abbey (Two Novels)”, p.196, Mondial

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