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Jane Austen

Read through the most famous quotes from Jane Austen




One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.


— Jane Austen


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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.


— Jane Austen


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A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.


— Jane Austen


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You have bewitched me, body and soul.


— Jane Austen


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Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.


— Jane Austen


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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.


— Jane Austen


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Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.


— Jane Austen


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We are all fools in love


— Jane Austen


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We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.


— Jane Austen


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Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.


— Jane Austen


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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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