336 Quotes About Jane-austen

These women, genteel and beautiful, are the rebels who say no to the choices made by silly mothers, incompetent fathers (there are seldom any wise fathers in Austen's novels) and the rigidly orthodox society. They risk ostracism and poverty to gain love and companionship, and to embrace that elusive goal at the heart of democracy: the right to choose.

It was a sweet view-sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive.

I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy; but like every body else in my own way. Greatness will not make me so".

Lean on me,” someone says in Jane Austen to a woman he scarcely knows, and there’s no question but that she will, that she takes it for granted.

Some people call him proud but I am sure I never saw anything of it. To my fancy, it is only because he does not rattle away like other young men.

La timidez es únicamente efecto de una sensación de inferioridad en uno u otro aspecto.

Un homme qui ne sait que faire de son temps envahit toujours celui des autres.

Je me suis souvent surprise moi-même à faire ce genre d'erreur, dit Elinor, à me méprendre sur quelque aspect d'un caractère; on s'imagine que les gens sont plus gais ou plus graves, plus ingénieux, plus stupides qu'ils ne le sont en réalité, et il est difficile de dire comment et en quoi l'erreur a pris naissance. Parfois, on se fonde sur ce qu'ils disent eux-même et, plus fréquemment, sur ce qu'en disent les autres, sans se donner à soi-même le loisir de réfléchir et de juger.

A very little quiet reflection was enough to satisfy Emma