Jane Austen Quotes - Page 91 | Just Great DataBase

Eliza Bennet,’ said Miss Bingley, when the door was closed on her, ‘is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex, by undervaluing their own; and with many men, I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.

there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

Mary, often a little unwell, and always thinking a great deal of her own complaints,

One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.

Mama, the more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

I am no novel–reader — I seldom look into novels — Do not imagine that I often read novels — It is really very well for a novel. Such is the common cant. And what are you reading, Miss — ? Oh! It is only a novel! replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language.

But to expose the former faults of any person without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable.

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure." "I

«Non credo di aver mai aperto un libro in vita mia che non avesse da dire la sua sull'incostanza delle donne. Ma forse voi obietterete che sono stati scritti tutti da uomini».
«Forse lo farò. Sì, sì, vi prego, niente riferimenti agli esempi nei libri. Gli uomini hanno avuto su di noi ogni vantaggio nel narrare la loro storia. L'istruzione è stata sempre appannaggio loro a un livello tanto più alto; la penna è stata nelle loro mani. Non sono disposta ad ammettere che i libri possano provare alcunché».


That punishment, the public punishment of disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence is, we know, not one of the barriers which society gives to virtue.

He paid her only the compliment of attention; and she felt a respect for him on the occasion, which the others had reasonably forfeited by their shameless want of taste.

If there is a good fortune on one side, there can be no occasion for any on the other. No matter which has it, so that there is enough. I hate the idea of one great fortune looking out for another. And to marry for money I think the wickedest thing in existence.

Sí; la vanidad es, en efecto, una debilidad. Pero en cuanto al orgullo, donde se dé verdadera superioridad de espíritu, estará siempre justificado.

Pride," observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, "is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.

She watched, observed, reflected, and finally determined that this was not a case of fortitude or of resignation only. A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone. It was the choicest gift of Heaven; and Anne viewed her friend as one of those instances in which, by a merciful appointment, it seems designed to counterbalance almost every other want.

The earliest intelligence of the travellers' safe arrival at Antigua, after a favourable voyage, was received; though not before Mrs. Norris had been indulging in very dreadful fears, and trying to make Edmund participate them whenever she could get him alone; and as she depended on being the first person made acquainted with any fatal catastrophe, she had already arranged the manner of breaking it to all the others, when Sir Thomas's assurances of their both being alive and well made it necessary to lay by her agitation and affectionate preparatory speeches for a while.

He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur. To satisfy me, those characters must be united.

¡Cuán mortificadas se verían muchas damas si de repente se percataran de lo poco que supone la indumentaria femenina, por costosa que sea, para el corazón del varón [...] Todo lo que consigue la mujer al intentar lucir más elegante es satisfacer su propia vanidad, nunca aumentar la admiración de los hombres ni la buena disposición de otras mujeres.

infinitely

Un faetón bajo con un buen par de jacas sería lo ideal.