Quotes by Jane Austen, page 4
73 quotes by Jane Austen
Jane Austen - british Writer
Was born on 16 dec 1775.
Died on 18 jul 1817, at 41 years old.
Died on 18 jul 1817, at 41 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
JQuote by Jane Austen about perfection, day
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
JQuote by Jane Austen about proudness, vanity, opinion, word, people, being, things
Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
JQuote by Jane Austen about proudness, vanity, heads
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
JQuote by Jane Austen about man, people
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
JQuote by Jane Austen about wife, mother
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
JQuote by Jane Austen about self-control
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.
JQuote by Jane Austen about youth, reason, being, world
With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.
JQuote by Jane Austen about woman, man
You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.
JQuote by Jane Austen about mistake, respect, old, olderness, contentment
