Quotes by Jane Austen
——There could have been no two hearts so open,no tastes so similar,no feelings so in unison,no countenances so beloved.
Source:Persuasion
——Themore I see of the world,the more I am dissatisfied with it;and everyday confirmsmy belief of the inconsistency of all human characters,and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.
Source:Pride and Prejudice
——There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere,and we are all apt to expect too much;but then,if one scheme of happiness fails,human nature turns to another;if the first calculation is wrong,we make a second better:we find comfort somewhere.
Source:Mansfield Park
——One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Source:Emma
——It is a truth universally acknowledged,that a single man in possession of a good fortune,must be in want of a wife.
Source:Pride and Prejudice
——Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Source:Pride and Prejudice
——A lady's imagination is very rapid;it jumps from admiration to love,from love tomatrimony,in amoment.
Source:Pride and Prejudice
——We have all a better guide in ourselves,if we would attend to it,than any other person can be.
Source:Mansfield Park
——There is nothing like employment,active indispensable employment,for relieving sorrow.
Source:Mansfield Park
——Oneman'swaysmay be as good as another's,but we all like our own best.
Source:Persuasion