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
If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.
It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.
He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.
She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.
Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.
But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.