Quotes by Jane Austen

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.”

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“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”

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“Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.”

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“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

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“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it.”

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“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” – Jane Austen

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“She was sensible and clever, but eager in eveything; her sorrows, her joys could have no moderation.” – Jane Austen

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“I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” – Jane Austen

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“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opini…” – Jane Austen

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“What strange creatures brothers are!” – Jane Austen

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