51 Jane Austen Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jane Austen

British Writer

Born: Dec 16, 1775

Died: Jul 18, 1817

Always Cannot Good Love Man Woman

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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen

Hope You Must No Hope Know Because Always Selfishness Cure Forgiven

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. Jane Austen

Love Friendship Moving On Finest Disappointed Balm Certainly

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen

Words Pride Think Vain Others Relates Our Though Ourselves Would Vanity More Without Opinion Proud Person May Often Being Different Us Used Different Things Things

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. Jane Austen

Day Nature Sit Fine Fine Day Shade Perfect Look Most Refreshment

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. Jane Austen

You People Will More Them Themselves Less Who

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. Jane Austen

You Able About More Talk Loved Might Less

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

World Half Other Pleasures One Half Understand Cannot

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before. Jane Austen

Woman Sometimes Before Ten Ten Years She Years Than Happens

Those who do not complain are never pitied. Jane Austen

Complain Those Never Pitied Who

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. Jane Austen

Man Every Neighborhood Spies Voluntary Surrounded Every Man

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. Jane Austen

Education World Girl Settling Further Introduce Give Properly Ten She Well Without Expense Anybody Means Her

Nobody minds having what is too good for them. Jane Austen

Good Too Minds Having Nobody Them

One man's style must not be the rule of another's. Jane Austen

Man Style Rule Must Another

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. Jane Austen

Worse Throats Sore Always Than Anyone

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. Jane Austen

Mend Month Sure Going Next Things

Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like. Jane Austen

Me Nothing Like Doing Ever

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen

Considerable Pleasure Foolish Surprises Often Enhanced Things Inconvenience

Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Jane Austen

Love General Very Essence

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. Jane Austen

Speak Enough Well Well Enough Cannot Unintelligible

From politics, it was an easy step to silence. Jane Austen

Politics Silence Easy Step

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

Woman Misfortune Conceal Knowing She Well Anything Should

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