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Jane Austen Quotes

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

Jane Austen, Terry Glaspey (2015). “The Prayers of Jane Austen”, p.75, Harvest House Publishers

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.343, MobileReference

And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

Jane Austen (2013). “Sense and Sensibility: An Annotated Edition”, p.141, Harvard University Press

It's such a happiness when good people get together.

Jane Austen (1867). “Emma: A Novel”, p.160

I was quiet but I was not blind.

Jane Austen (2004). “Mansfield Park”, p.439, Collector's Library

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

Jane Austen (1856). “Sense and Sensibility: A Novel”, p.17

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.1247, Ageless Reads

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Jane Austen (2014). “Mansfield Park”, p.74, Trajectory Inc

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.120

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

Jane Austen (2013). “Making Sense of Persuasion! a Students Guide to Austen's (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.404, BookCaps Study Guides

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.152

Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

Jane Austen (2015). “The Jane Austen MEGAPACK TM: All Her Classic Works”, p.673, Wildside Press LLC

To love is to burn, to be on fire.

"Fictional character: Marianne Dashwood". "Sense and Sensibility", 1995.

The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.245, MobileReference

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

Jane Austen (1816). “Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes”, p.107

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.

Jane Austen (1992). “Sense and Sensibility”, p.68, Wordsworth Editions