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Quotations by Austen, Jane
Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma (1815)
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma (1815)
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma, ch. 30
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Emma, ch. 9 (1816)
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.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Mansfield Park (1814)
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Pride and Prejudice, ch. 58 (1813)
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Sense and Sensability, ch. 31 (1811)
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Letter (18 Sep 1796)
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Letter to her sister Cassandra (24 Dec 1798)
