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Jane Austen Quotes - Page 3

Know your own happiness.

Jane Austen (2013). “The Novels of Jane Austen”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.145, BookCaps Study Guides

I have no talent for certainty.

"Fictional character: Fanny Price". "Mansfield Park", www.imdb.com. 1999.

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.

Jane Austen (2012). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 2: Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion”, p.707, Modern Library

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Jane Austen (2008). “Letters of Jane Austen: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.233, ReadHowYouWant.com

Angry people are not always wise.

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.472, Ageless Reads

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Jane Austen (2006). “Illustrated Jane Austen - 8 Books in 1. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, P”, p.157, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

Jane Austen (2011). “Persuasion: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.30, Penguin

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

Jane Austen (2009). “Emma”, p.262, Wild Jot Press

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Jane Austen (1813). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes”, p.279

I would much rather have been merry than wise.

Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.230

Everything nourishes what is strong already

Pride and Prejudice ch. 9 (1813)

Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.

Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.9, W. W. Norton & Company

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.441, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

I should not mind anything at all.

Jane Austen (2015). “The Jane Austen MEGAPACK TM: All Her Classic Works”, p.460, Wildside Press LLC

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.

Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.119

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

Jane Austen, John Halperin (1975). “Jane Austen: Bicentenary Essays”, p.129, CUP Archive

I am excessively diverted.

Jane Austen (2015). “Pride and Prejudice (Diversion Classics)”, p.403, Diversion Books