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Jane Austen quotes: Time will explain.

Time will explain.

Jane Austen quotes: He had caught both substance and shadow - both fortune and affection, and was just the happy man he ought to be.

He had caught both substance and shadow - both fortune and affection, and was just the happy man he ought to be.

Jane Austen quotes: The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.

The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.

Jane Austen quotes: I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.

Jane Austen quotes: I can never be important to any one.''What is to prevent you?''Every thing - my situation - my foolishness and awkwardness.

I can never be important to any one.'
'What is to prevent you?'
'Every thing - my situation - my foolishness and awkwardness.

Jane Austen quotes: I will only add, God bless you.

I will only add, God bless you.

Jane Austen quotes: One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

Jane Austen quotes: I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended

I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended

Jane Austen quotes: Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure.

Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure.

Jane Austen quotes: I ask only what I want to be told.

I ask only what I want to be told.

Jane Austen quotes: Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.

Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward.

Jane Austen quotes: She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.

She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.

Jane Austen quotes: Sense will always have attractions for me.

Sense will always have attractions for me.

Jane Austen quotes: Almost anything is possible with time

Almost anything is possible with time

Jane Austen quotes: I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good.

I hope I never ridicule what is wise or good.

Jane Austen quotes: been used to look in Hertfordshire - paid his

been used to look in Hertfordshire - paid his

Jane Austen quotes: I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am.

I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am.

Jane Austen quotes: Elizabeth Bennet: I'm very fond of walking. Mr. Darcy: Yes... yes I know. (from Pride & Prejudice, the movie)

Elizabeth Bennet: I'm very fond of walking. Mr. Darcy: Yes... yes I know. (from Pride & Prejudice, the movie)

Jane Austen quotes: A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

Jane Austen quotes: If my children are silly, I must hope to be always sensible of it.

If my children are silly, I must hope to be always sensible of it.

Jane Austen quotes: Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.

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

Jane Austen quotes: He gave her to understand that he had looked at her with some earnestness. She knew it well; and she remembered another person's look also.

He gave her to understand that he had looked at her with some earnestness. She knew it well; and she remembered another person's look also.

Jane Austen quotes: Though Darcy could never receive him at Pemberley, yet, for Elizabeth's sake, he assisted him further in his profession.

Though Darcy could never receive him at Pemberley, yet, for Elizabeth's sake, he assisted him further in his profession.

Jane Austen quotes: Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

Jane Austen quotes: Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion ...

Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion ...

Jane Austen quotes: He must tell his own story.''But he will tell only half of it.''A quarter would be enough.

He must tell his own story.'
'But he will tell only half of it.'
'A quarter would be enough.

Jane Austen quotes: What strange creatures brothers are!

What strange creatures brothers are!

Jane Austen quotes: Every noisy evil is missed when it is taken away.

Every noisy evil is missed when it is taken away.

Jane Austen quotes: However amiable her temper, her heart was not likely to be easily touched.

However amiable her temper, her heart was not likely to be easily touched.

Jane Austen quotes: It is fit that the fortune should be on his side, for I think the merit will be all on hers.

It is fit that the fortune should be on his side, for I think the merit will be all on hers.

Jane Austen quotes: If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.

If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.

Jane Austen quotes: God knows, I have been a very indifferent lover. But you understand me.

God knows, I have been a very indifferent lover. But you understand me.

Jane Austen quotes: I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem from love

I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem from love

Jane Austen quotes: Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself

Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself

Jane Austen quotes: Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

Jane Austen quotes: Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Jane Austen quotes: I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. Though

I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. Though

Jane Austen quotes: There is nothing more deceitful ... than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes and indirect boast.

There is nothing more deceitful ... than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes and indirect boast.

Jane Austen quotes: But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

Jane Austen quotes: Good God! Willloughby, what is the meaning of this? -Marianne Dashwood

Good God! Willloughby, what is the meaning of this? -Marianne Dashwood

Jane Austen quotes: Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present

Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present

Jane Austen quotes: Time will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle.

Time will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle.

Jane Austen quotes: A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

Jane Austen quotes: Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?

Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?

Jane Austen quotes: Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.Marianne Dashwood

Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.
Marianne Dashwood

Jane Austen quotes: Strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

Strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

Jane Austen quotes: It is very worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

It is very worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

Jane Austen quotes: Badly done, Emma!

Badly done, Emma!

Jane Austen quotes: I admire all my three sons-in-law highly. Wickham, perhaps is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane's.

I admire all my three sons-in-law highly. Wickham, perhaps is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane's.

Jane Austen quotes: I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.

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

Jane Austen quotes: Mr. Darcy, I could honestly forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine.

Mr. Darcy, I could honestly forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine.

Jane Austen quotes: Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.

Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.

Jane Austen quotes: For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day.

For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day.

Jane Austen quotes: Obstinate, headstrong girl!

Obstinate, headstrong girl!

Jane Austen quotes: What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.

What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.

Jane Austen quotes: my dear Sir Thomas!" interrupted Mrs. Norris,

my dear Sir Thomas!" interrupted Mrs. Norris,

Jane Austen quotes: I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet

I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet

Jane Austen quotes: ...and, my dear aunt, if you do not tell me in an honourable manner, I shall certainly be reduced to tricks and stratagems to find out.

...and, my dear aunt, if you do not tell me in an honourable manner, I shall certainly be reduced to tricks and stratagems to find out.

Jane Austen quotes: The past, present, and future, were all equally in gloom.

The past, present, and future, were all equally in gloom.

Jane Austen quotes: I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.

I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.

Jane Austen quotes: But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.

But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.

Jane Austen quotes: Before them an indifferent house, standing low, and hemmed in by the barns and buildings of a farm-yard.

Before them an indifferent house, standing low, and hemmed in by the barns and buildings of a farm-yard.

Jane Austen quotes: to hope was to expect

to hope was to expect

Jane Austen quotes: A Woman never looks better than on horseback

A Woman never looks better than on horseback

Jane Austen quotes: Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims.

Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims.

Jane Austen quotes: No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Jane Austen quotes: He smiled, looked handsome, and said many pretty things

He smiled, looked handsome, and said many pretty things

Jane Austen quotes: No cold prudence for me. I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it." The

No cold prudence for me. I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it." The

Jane Austen quotes: But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by every body at times, whatever be their education or state.

But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by every body at times, whatever be their education or state.

Jane Austen quotes: I want nothing but death.

I want nothing but death.

Jane Austen quotes: Now she was angry. Some

Now she was angry. Some

Jane Austen quotes: To have been described long ago to a recent acquaintance by nameless people is irresistible.

To have been described long ago to a recent acquaintance by nameless people is irresistible.

Jane Austen quotes: My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

Jane Austen quotes: I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.

I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.

Jane Austen quotes: Mr. Wickham was the happy man towards whom almost every female eye was turned, and Elizabeth was the happy woman by whom he finally seated himself

Mr. Wickham was the happy man towards whom almost every female eye was turned, and Elizabeth was the happy woman by whom he finally seated himself

Jane Austen quotes: She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to silence.

She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to silence.

Jane Austen quotes: There is one thing ... which a man can always do, if he chuses[sic], and that is, his duty.

There is one thing ... which a man can always do, if he chuses[sic], and that is, his duty.

Jane Austen quotes: Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself.

Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself.

Jane Austen quotes: It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

Jane Austen quotes: Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.

Jane Austen quotes: Charles Adams was an amiable, accomplished & bewitching young Man; of so dazzling a Beauty that none but Eagles could look him in the Face.

Charles Adams was an amiable, accomplished & bewitching young Man; of so dazzling a Beauty that none but Eagles could look him in the Face.

Jane Austen quotes: The most charming young man in the world is instantly before the imagination of us all.

The most charming young man in the world is instantly before the imagination of us all.

Jane Austen quotes: The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

Jane Austen quotes: Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

Jane Austen quotes: It is truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a large fortune is in want of a wife!

It is truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a large fortune is in want of a wife!

Jane Austen quotes: Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person.

Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person.

Jane Austen quotes: It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best

It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best

Jane Austen quotes: thoroughly supplanted Mr. Knightley, and

thoroughly supplanted Mr. Knightley, and

Jane Austen quotes: And, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had three sons before Catherine was born;

And, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had three sons before Catherine was born;

Jane Austen quotes: The season, the scene, the air, were all favourable to tenderness and sentiment.

The season, the scene, the air, were all favourable to tenderness and sentiment.

Jane Austen quotes: Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.

Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.

Jane Austen quotes: His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.

His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.

Jane Austen quotes: For to be unaffected was all that a pretty girl could want to make her mind as captivating as her person.

For to be unaffected was all that a pretty girl could want to make her mind as captivating as her person.

Jane Austen quotes: I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.

Jane Austen quotes: Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other.

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other.

Jane Austen quotes: Not even Fanny had tears for aunt Norris, not even when she was gone for ever.

Not even Fanny had tears for aunt Norris, not even when she was gone for ever.

Jane Austen quotes: A man who had felt less, might.

A man who had felt less, might.

Jane Austen quotes: business he could have in town so soon

business he could have in town so soon

Jane Austen quotes: A new sort of way this, for a young fellow to be making love, by breaking his mistress's head,

A new sort of way this, for a young fellow to be making love, by breaking his mistress's head,

Jane Austen quotes: [W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

[W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.