Maxioms by Jane Austen
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
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.
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient read more
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
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.
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.