1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

Oh! it is only a novel! ... only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;' or, in short, only some work in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.

And she did what nobody thought of doing... she consulted Anne.

What arises from discretion must be honoured.

I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers.

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.

No se ama menos un lugar porque en él se haya sufrido.

I should think he must be rather a dressy man for his time of life. Such a number of looking-glasses! Oh Lord! There is not getting away from one's self

Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done.

-Ha sido en vano que yo luchase. Nada he conseguido con ello. Mis sentimientos pueden más que yo. Permítame que le diga cuánta es la admiración que me inspira y cuánto la amo.