Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. “An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth.
Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” A person may be proud without being vain. “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. “I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” 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.” “There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.” “It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy -it is disposition alone.
You want nothing but patience - or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” “The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. “It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” “People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.” Here are some of our favorite Jane Austen quotes.
Many memorable quotes emerged from her six published books and surviving letters. She longed to see her work in print, regardless of whether or not it would gain her fame or fortune - but getting it published was important to her, contrary to the myth about her extreme modesty. Jane’s father, a country rector, and her brothers played key roles in getting her works published at a time when it was considered unseemly for women to put themselves forth in business. Jane Austen(1775 – 1817), the beloved British author, was deeply invested in her craft as a wordsmith. Her talent was recognized early on and valued by her family.
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