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Jane Austen Quotes - Page 9

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Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually

Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.

Eye, Sight, Hands

Jane Austen, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Jane Austen: All novels, short stories, letters and poems”, p.918, GENERAL PRESS

I will only add, God bless you.

Add, God Bless You, Darcy

Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.101, W. W. Norton & Company

Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

Mr Knightley

Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.56

I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.

Wish, Shy, Inferiority

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.26, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

How much I love every thing that is decided and open!

Love, Decided

Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.593, MobileReference

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

Inspiring, Fashion, Men

Jane Austen (2014). “Northanger Abbey: An Annotated Edition”, p.144, Harvard University Press

By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon , for I am put on the sofa near the fire and can drink as much wine as I like.

Wine, Fire, Bye

Jane Austen (2008). “Letters of Jane Austen: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.169, ReadHowYouWant.com

How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

Book, Tire

Jane Austen (2004). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.84, OUP Oxford

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.

Daughter, Men, Views

Pride and Prejudice ch. 1 (1813)

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.

Inspiring, Beauty, Years

Jane Austen (2016). “Collected Works (Complete Editions: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, ...)”, p.1379, Jane Austen

To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.

Men, Lasts, Said

Jane Austen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated)”, p.2302, Delphi Classics

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

Love, Men, Literature

Jane Austen (1992). “Sense and Sensibility”, p.11, Wordsworth Editions

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Inspiring, Pleasant Surprises, Foolish

'Emma' (1816) ch. 26 (Mr John Knightley)

One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.

Men, Ends, Fortnight

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.284, Ageless Reads

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Inspiring, Humility, Hype

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.110, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

I am now convinced that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion, I should at present detest his very name, and wish him all manner of evil. But my feelings are not only cordial towards him; they are even impartial towards her. I cannot find out that I hate her at all, or that I am in the least unwilling to think her a very good sort of girl. There can be no love in all this.

Girl, Hate, Passion

Jane Austen (2015). “The Jane Austen MEGAPACK TM: All Her Classic Works”, p.475, Wildside Press LLC

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.

Prejudice, Opinion, Manners

Jane Austen, Patricia Meyer Spacks, Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks (2010). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.400, Harvard University Press

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.

Wise, Sorry, Instance

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

To her own heart it was a delightful affair, to her imagination it was even a ridiculous one, but to her reason, her judgment, it was completely a puzzle.

Heart, Imagination, Ridiculous

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.262, Ageless Reads

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

Clever, Women, Joy

Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.5, Wordsworth Editions

I have always maintained the importance of Aunts

Aunt, Importance

Jane Austen (2013). “Making Sense of Persuasion! a Students Guide to Austen's (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.97, BookCaps Study Guides

I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice.

Sacrifice, Use

Jane Austen (2009). “Emma”, p.162, Wild Jot Press

Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.

Attention, Too Much, Danger

Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.50

When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.

Night, People, Sorrow

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.328, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

With a book he was regardless of time.

Book

Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.9

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