Author of quotes: Jane Austen



Here is a sight, Harriet, that is worth remembering. How trivial everything else looks in comparison!... Now I have the feeling that I won’t be able to think about anything all day except these unfortunates, and yet who knows if all this won’t fly out of my mind very soon? me out of my head?
Quote Explanation: Emma and Harriet leave the beggars' house
№ 457945   Added Viker 31-10-2023 / 12:53
In her youth, she was forced to be prudent, in her more mature years she became a dreamer - which is so natural with an unnatural beginning.
№ 424065   Added MegaMozg 24-07-2021 / 01:03
Selfishness, you know, should always forgive, because it cannot be cured.
№ 417534   Added MegaMozg 26-04-2021 / 10:51
I came here with the indisputable London rule that money can get everything.
№ 417532   Added MegaMozg 26-04-2021 / 10:45
I would rather put up with my own failures than strangers.
№ 417530   Added MegaMozg 26-04-2021 / 10:39
It is much better to choose than to be elected, to evoke gratitude, and not to feel it.
№ 412645   Added MegaMozg 01-02-2021 / 04:09
Why do I need words when actions speak much more clearly than they do?
№ 412536   Added MegaMozg 31-01-2021 / 09:24
Mr. Wickham was that happy male, to whom the eyes of all the ladies in the hall turned. And Elizabeth was among them that lucky woman, near whom he eventually found a place for himself.
№ 410065   Added MegaMozg 23-12-2020 / 23:39
Left to the ladies, he immediately discovered a penchant for casual conversation - a happy inclination in which not the slightest artificiality was felt.
№ 410064   Added MegaMozg 23-12-2020 / 23:36
When you feel unwell, it is always difficult to show hospitality to anyone, and young people in love are especially unbearable.
№ 410063   Added MegaMozg 23-12-2020 / 23:33
You do not notice the distance when you have a certain goal in front of you.
(What do distances mean when you have a good goal in front of you!)
№ 409987   Added MegaMozg 21-12-2020 / 23:00
I thought about much more pleasant things: for example, how much charm lies in the beautiful eyes on the face of a pretty woman.
№ 409986   Added MegaMozg 21-12-2020 / 22:57
Someone else's pride can be forgiven only if you have not piqued mine.
№ 389329   Added Viker 26-03-2020 / 10:22
You're breaking my heart. Despair and hope alternate. It hurts me to know that I lost Your location. You are in my heart and I think about You even more than eight and a half years. Do not say that we, men, forget, rather, that our love will soon die. I have never loved anybody but You.
№ 374910   Added MegaMozg 16-07-2019 / 11:33
- Heart? Here's how! What do you care about hearts? Among men there is no one who would have had a heart!
If we have not hearts, we have eyes. They make us suffer.
№ 370969   Added MegaMozg 28-05-2019 / 13:41