Maxioms by Jane Austen
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.
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.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want read more
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom read more
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
