Jane Austen Quotes - Page 55 | Just Great DataBase

Hayırseverliğine hayramım," diye konuştu Mary, " Ama yine de bütün duygusal dürtüler mantıkla yönlendirilmelidir. Şahsen fikrimi sorarsan; insanın harcadığı her emek daima kendisinden talep edilenle doğru orantılı olmalıdır.

But in such cases as these a good memory is unpardonable.

That the Miss Lucases and the Miss Bennets should meet to talk over a ball was absolutely necessary; and the morning after the assembly brought the former to Longbourn to hear and to communicate.

Having never fancied herself in love before, her regard had all the warmth of first attachment, and from her age and disposition, greater steadiness than first attachments often boast; and so fervently did she value his remembrance, and prefer him to every other man, that all her good sense, and all her attention to the feelings of her friends, were requisite to check the indulgence of those regrets, which must have been injurious to her own health and their tranquility.

she cannot expect to excel if she does not practice a good deal.

If he is satisfied with only regretting me, when he might have obtained my affections and hand, I shall soon cease to regret him at all.

Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility

An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc. Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted. She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire; and she began to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball; and a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved over such a number of ladies, but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing, that instead of twelve he brought only six with him from London—his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly room it consisted of only five altogether—Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

Nadie se muere por un resfriado. Pero puede morir de vergüenza por tener tal madre.

existence.

She found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had been looking with impatient desire did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.

Her resentment of such behaviour, her indignation at having been its dupe, for a short time made her feel only for herself.

Engaged to Mr. Collins! My dear Charlotte—impossible!

...to say that he is unlike Fanny is enough. It implies everything amiable. I love him already.

It makes me very nervous and poorly,to be thwarted so in my own family, and to have neighbours who think of themselves before anybody else. However, your coming just at this time is the greatest of comforts, and I am very glad to hear what you tell us, of long sleeves.

...I cannot say that I regret my comparative insignificance, Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly.

The promise, therefore, was given, and must be performed.

A todos nos gusta dar lecciones, pero sólo enseñamos lo que no merece la pena saber.

Mrs. Jennings wrote to tell the wonderful tale, to vent her honest indignation against the jilting girl, and pour forth her compassion towards poor Mr. Edward, who, she was sure, had quite doted upon the worthless hussy...