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Jane Austen Quotes about Inspiring - Page 2

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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

Relationship, Inspiring, Honesty

Jane Austen (1816). “Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes”, p.249

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Inspiring, Artist

Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (2011). “Jane Austen's Letters”, p.21, Oxford University Press

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Inspiring, Attention, Delicacy

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.157, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.

Inspiring, Book, Men

'Persuasion' (1818) ch. 23 (Anne Eliot)

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

Inspiring, Men, Style

Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.571, MobileReference

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

Inspiring, Nature, Interesting Situations

Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.159

One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.

Inspiring, Nature, Eye

Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.185

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

Emma ch. 30 (1816)

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Inspiring, Optimistic, Sadness

'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 48

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

Inspiring, Women, Knowledge

'Northanger Abbey' (1818) ch. 14

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.

Inspiring, Girl, Literature

Jane Austen (2009). “Northanger Abbey”, p.29, Wild Jot Press

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

Inspiring, Believe, Church

Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.532, Wordsworth Editions

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

Inspiring, Sorry, Giving

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.16, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

Inspiring, Strong Women, Being Single

1817 Letter to Fanny Knight,13 Mar.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Inspiring, Witty, Laughter

Pride and Prejudice ch. 40 (1813)

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Inspiring, Love You, Men

Jane Austen (2009). “Northanger Abbey”, p.92, Wild Jot Press

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

Inspiring, Marriage, Women

Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.52

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Inspiring, Work, Organization

'Sense and Sensibility' (1811) ch. 13

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