336 Quotes About Jane-austen

Jane Austen had created six heroines, each quite different, and that gave Charlotte courage. There wasn't just one kind of woman to be.

Vimes thought for a moment and said, 'Well, dear, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man with a lot of wood must be in want of a wife who can handle a great big--

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.

Hello smart girl. Would you like to talk to me about Great Expectations?

He understands muslin

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." ~ Jane Austin. Arguably one of the best opening lines in literary history. However, to make it a modern retelling it would have to read:It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man or women no matter his or her fortune, must be in want of a life partner.

Nada más capcioso que las apariencias de humildad. A veces nacen de pereza para sostener una opinión y a veces son un modo indirecto de elogiarse a sí mismo.

Nije isključeno da čovek može živeti i bez igranja. Poznati su i slučajevi u kojima su mladići i devojke proveli mnoge mesece, a da ni na kakvom balu nisu bili, štaviše, ni duh ni telo nisu im zbog toga pretrpeli nikakvu štetu; ali kada se jednom započne - kada se radost brzog pokreta makar i jednom oseti, premda nakratko - zaista bi društvo koje ne bi tražilo još ove blagodeti moralo biti veoma tromo.