Quotes by Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Jane Austen

English writer

Lived from: 1775 - 1817

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 16 december 1775 Died: 18 july 1817

  • It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

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  • Everybody likes to go their own way - to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
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  • A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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  • I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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  • A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.
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  • A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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  • A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.
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  • Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
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  • Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.
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  • For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
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  • Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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  • From politics it was an easy step to silence.
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  • Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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  • Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.
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  • I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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  • I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
    Letter to Cassandra (24-12-1798) in Austen - Letters
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  • I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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  • I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
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  • I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.
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  • In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among the sexes.
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  • In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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What are the most famous quotes from Jane Austen?

The two most famous quotes from Jane Austen are:

  • "Everybody likes to go their own way - to choose their own time and manner of devotion."
  • "A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

When did Jane Austen live?

Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in the year 1817.