Jane Austen Quotes About Doubt

Quotes about: Doubt

• I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.

  Jane Austen

  Men, Doubt, Emma

  Jane Austen (2009). “Emma”, p.34, Wild Jot Press

• if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.

  Jane Austen

  Heart, Men, Feelings

  Jane Austen (2012). “Emma (Illustrated Edition)”, p.59, Jazzybee Verlag

• I have not a doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying, that nothing will ever be resolved on; so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your income.

  Jane Austen

  Mean, Doubt, Together

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.185, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

• A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

  Jane Austen

  Marriage, Home, Men

  Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.383

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