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Jane Austen

Read through the most famous quotes from Jane Austen




Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!


— Jane Austen


#love

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.


— Jane Austen


#honesty #relationships #truth #relationships

A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.


— Jane Austen


#women #women

Till this moment I never knew myself.


— Jane Austen


#pride

He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.


— Jane Austen


#equality

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.


— Jane Austen


#jane-austen #humor

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.


— Jane Austen


#women #sorrow

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.


— Jane Austen


#intelligence #sense #stupidity #intelligence

Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.


— Jane Austen


#lizzie #pride-and-prejudice #pride

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.


— Jane Austen


#self-actualization #names






About Jane Austen

Jane Austen Quotes




Did you know about Jane Austen?

Austen's letter marked "Declined by Return of Post". It is unlike any of Austen's other works. Marriage was impractical as both Lefroy and Austen must have known.

She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

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