Jane Austen

English novelist (1775–1817)

· 1775 - 1817 · 362 kata bijak

Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

Jane Austen

Kehidupan

Where an opinion is general it is usually correct.

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Jane Austen

Keluarga

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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Jane Austen

Kebahagiaan

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation?

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Jane Austen

Kebahagiaan

That sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself.

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Jane Austen

Keluarga

A person who can write a long letter with ease cannot write ill.

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Jane Austen

Keluarga

Grant us grace Almighty Father so to pray as to deserve to be heard.

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Jane Austen

Pendidikan

I have been a selfish being all my life in practice though not in principle.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

The less said the better.

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Jane Austen

Cinta

Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself.

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Jane Austen

Harapan

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

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Jane Austen

Cinta

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

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Jane Austen

Alam

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

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Jane Austen

Kebahagiaan

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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Jane Austen

Pendidikan

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

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Jane Austen

Pernikahan

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

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Jane Austen

Seni

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

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