Jane Austen

England
16 Dec 1775 // 18 Jul 1817
Novelist

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On Woman:

In nine cases out of ten a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

Pride and Prejudice

On Intelligence:

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.

Pride and Prejudice

On Respect:

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Emma

On Opinion:

What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.

Northanger Abbey

On Work:

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.

Mansfield Park

On Woman:

The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.

Mansfield Park

On Time:

Time will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle.

Emma

On Love:

I do think that men can forget a lost love quickly. I know that women would find it much harder.

Persuasion

On Friendship:

Friendship is really the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Northanger Abbey

On Humbleness:

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

Emma
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