Jane Austen Quotes - Page 2

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• Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Hope, Selfish

  1814 Mansfield Park, ch.7.

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• I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

  Jane Austen

  Happiness, Deserve

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• A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

  Jane Austen

  Upset, Behavior, Bent

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• What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Done, Mr Knightley

  Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.245, MobileReference

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• 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.

  Jane Austen

  Book, Reading, House

  Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice [The 50 Best Classic Books Ever - # 03]”, p.52, Jane Austen

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• None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

  Jane Austen

  Women, Equality, Water

  "Persuasion". Book by Jane Austen, www.theguardian.com. 1817.

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• Everything nourishes what is strong already

  Jane Austen

  Strong, Sonnet

  Pride and Prejudice ch. 9 (1813)

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• But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.

  Jane Austen

  Mind, Littles, Situation

  Jane Austen (1833). “Northanger Abbey”, p.200

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• To love is to burn, to be on fire.

  Jane Austen

  Love Is, Fire

  "Fictional character: Marianne Dashwood". "Sense and Sensibility", 1995.

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• The less said the better.

  Jane Austen

  Norfolk, Said

  Jane Austen, Jane Kendall (1942). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.54, Dramatic Publishing

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• Let us have the luxury of silence.

  Jane Austen

  Luxury, Silence

  Jane Austen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated)”, p.828, Delphi Classics

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• To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

  Jane Austen

  Wish

  Jane Austen (1856). “Sense and Sensibility: A Novel”, p.17

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• Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

  Jane Austen

  Reflection, Companion, Self Talk

  Jane Austen (2014). “Mansfield Park”, p.74, Trajectory Inc

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• Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

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  Inspirational, Imagination, Flight

  Jane Austen (2015). “The Jane Austen MEGAPACK TM: All Her Classic Works”, p.673, Wildside Press LLC

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• Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

  Jane Austen

  Happiness, Inspiring, Happy

  1813 Pride and Prejudice, ch.6.

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

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  Done, May, Action

  Jane Austen (1882). “Emma”, p.241

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• With women, the heart argues, not the mind.

  Jane Austen

  Women, Heart, Mind

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• To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

  Jane Austen

  Nature, Flower, Perfect

  Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.85

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• I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.

  Jane Austen

  Tree, Alive, Mulberry

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• Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

  Jane Austen

  Pride, Thinking, Vanity

  Jane Austen (2008). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.26, Waking Lion Press

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• My heart is, and always will be, yours.

  Jane Austen

  Love, Happiness, Heart

  "Fictional character: Edward Ferrars". "Sense and Sensibility", www.imdb.com. 1995.

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

  Jane Austen

  Compassion, Tears, Nerves

  Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.9, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

  Jane Austen

  Silly, People, Done

  1816 Emma, ch.26.

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• There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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  Family, Happiness, Stay Strong

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.381, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

  Jane Austen

  Philosophy, Past, Thinking

  Jane Austen (1813). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes”, p.279

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