1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

I cannot make speeches, Emma:' he soon resumed, and in a tone of such sincere, decided, intelligible tenderness as was tolerably convincing. 'If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

There was not one among the whole row of young men who could be compared with him.

Such a companion for herself in the periods of anxiety and cheerlessness before her!

I'm going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.

One part of the world does not understand the pleasures of the other.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness. If you prefer Mr. Martin to every other person; if you think him the most agreeable man you have ever been in company with, why should you hesitate?

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.

Os homens tiveram todas as vantagens em relação a nós no que diz respeito a contar sua versão da história. Eles tiveram uma educação muito mais refinada; a pena sempre esteve em sua mão.

People that marry can never part, but must go and keep house together. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour.