Jane Austen

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more

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.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.