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Pride and Prejudice. 19. To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. Persuasion. 20. Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Emma. 21. Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
- Jane Austen
- 1813
- “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.”
- “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
- “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
- “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.”
- “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
- “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
- “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.”
- “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
Pride & Prejudice proves that first impressions are not everything - a good opinion once lost can, in fact, be recovered in time. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.'. 'My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.'. 'She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to ...
- “The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!” ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility.
- “If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.” ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility.
- “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility.
- “Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility.
Jan 12, 2024 · You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”. – Darcy. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”. “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”. – Darcy. “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Contents. Pride and Prejudice. She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Pride and Prejudice (1813) is a novel of manners by Jane Austen.
