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

Kepemimpinan

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

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Jane Austen

Persahabatan

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

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Jane Austen

Keluarga

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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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.

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Jane Austen

Keluarga

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

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Jane Austen

Cinta

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

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Jane Austen

Cinta

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

“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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Jane Austen

Cinta

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”

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Jane Austen

Pendidikan

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”

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Jane Austen

Kreativitas

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”

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Jane Austen

Cinta

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”

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Jane Austen

Pendidikan

“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

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Jane Austen

Keberanian

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”

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Jane Austen

Keikhlasan

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

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Jane Austen

Kehidupan

“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”

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