Jane Austen ( 10 of 34 )
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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!
It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before
It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before
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.