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Jane Austen Quotes - Page 8

Those who have not more must be satisfied with what they have.

Those who have not more must be satisfied with what they have.

Jane Austen (2006). “8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an”, p.310, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.

Jane Austen (2014). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.36, Lulu.com

one day in the country is exactly like another.

Jane Austen (2009). “Northanger Abbey”, p.48, Wild Jot Press

An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.

'Emma' (1816) ch. 3 (Mr Woodhouse)

I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.

Jane Austen (2013). “Emma (the Very Illustrated Edition)”, p.430, eBookIt.com

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.143, Ageless Reads

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.79, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness.

Jane Austen (1813). “Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes”, p.237

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated)”, p.97, Full Moon Publications

My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.235, Wordsworth Editions

Every savage can dance.

Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.241, W. W. Norton & Company

What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering?

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

We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.

1818 Of the difference between women and men. Persuasion, ch.23.

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.1422, Ageless Reads

None but a woman can teach the science of herself.

Jane Austen (1923). “The Novels of Jane Austen: The Text Based on Collation of the Early Editions”

You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.

Jane Austen, John Halperin (1975). “Jane Austen: Bicentenary Essays”, p.310, CUP Archive

people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them

Jane Austen (2015). “Sense and Sensibility: World Classics”, p.9, World Classic