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Jane Austen Quotes

«I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the rising sun»
«'If it was not for the entail I should not mind it.' `What should not you mind?' `I should not mind anything at all.' `Let us be thankful that you are preserved from a state of such insensibility.'»
«A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.»
«The gentleness, modesty, and sweetness of her character were warmly expatiated on; that sweetness which makes so essential a part of every woman's worth in the judgment of man, that though he sometimes loves where it is not, he can never believe it absent.»
Author: Jane Austen (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: expatiate, warmly
«Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.»
«There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.»
«The sooner every party breaks up the better.»
«The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.»
«It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble»
Author: Jane Austen (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: prosperous
«She was determined, as she felt it to be her duty, to try to overcome all that was excessive.»

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