1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

for I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value is our estimation.

If I endeavor to undeceive people as to the rest of his conduct, who will believe me? The general prejudice against Mr. Darcy is so violent that it would be the death of half the good people in Meryton, to attempt to place him in an amiable light. -Chapter 7

Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again

Qualquer pessoa, seja homem ou mulher, que não souber apreciar um bom romance deve ser insuportavelmente estúpido.

...no one can think more highly of the understanding of women than I do. In my opinion, nature has given them so much that they never find it necessary to use more than half.

Não se ama menos um lugar pelo fato de nele se ter sofrido, a menos que tenha havido apenas sofrimento, nada além de sofrimento

It is not what we think or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do. Or fail to do...

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

Poverty is a great evil; but to a woman of education and feeling it ought not, it cannot be the greatest. I would rather be teacher at a school (and I can think of nothing worse) than marry a man I did not like.