Jane Austen

Jane Austen
Jane Austenwas an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her most highly praised novel during her lifetime was Pride and Prejudice, her second published novel. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1775
CitySteventon, England
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
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.
I am excessively diverted.
Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.
Angry people are not always wise.
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.
A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.