1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her – she was only an Object of Contempt.

It is not everyone,? said Elinor, ’who has your passion for dead leaves.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

We can all begin freely – a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like.

There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

Pictures of perfection as you know make me sick and wicked.