Maxioms by Jane Austen
A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.
A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.
Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be read more
Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
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.
