Quotes about austen, page 9
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
quote by Jane Austen
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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey
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In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.
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One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.
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We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
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Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.
quote by George Saintsbury
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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
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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.
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