Quotes about Being by Jane Austen

Jane Austen British Writer

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.

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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

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Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

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

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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

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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.

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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.

Quote by Jane Austen about being