Jane Austen

Men never know when things are dirty or not; women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares. ↗

— Jane Austen

#men

Ms. Bennett, do you know who I am? I am not accustomed to being spoken to in such a manner. ↗

— Jane Austen

#movie-quote #movies

You must really begin to harden yourself to the idea of being worth looking at. ↗

— Jane Austen

#beauty

I am going to-morrow where I shall find a man who has not one agreeable quality, who has neither manner nor sense to recommend him. Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all. ↗

— Jane Austen

#relationships #life

Oh! to be sure," cried Emma, "it is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for any body who asks her. ↗

— Jane Austen

#harriet-refuses-mr-martin #imagination

Harriet was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

Upon my word," said her ladyship, "you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. Pray, what is your age? ↗

— Jane Austen

#age

They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, ↗

— Jane Austen

#education

Was it new for one, perhaps too busy to seek, to be the prize of a girl who would seek him? ↗

— Jane Austen

#business

-Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all. -Take care, Lizzy; that speech savours strongly of disappointment. ↗

— Jane Austen

#men