Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward. Jane Austen More Quotes by Jane Austen More Quotes From Jane Austen Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise. Jane Austen instancewisesorry There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. Jane Austen disappointmentexpectationsattitude The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone. Jane Austen i-love-himromantic-loveheart None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. Jane Austen equalitywomenwater But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope. Jane Austen being-happyhappinessfriendship Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Jane Austen donesillypeople How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! Jane Austen logicapprovalmath A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others. Jane Austen intrusionconsciencemen Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else. Jane Austen bodyheartattention My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. Jane Austen cleverinspiringideas I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. Jane Austen vanityfemalethinking Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation. Jane Austen vanitypridereal I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am. Jane Austen writing It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best Jane Austen every-manfatemen I am now convinced that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion, I should at present detest his very name, and wish him all manner of evil. But my feelings are not only cordial towards him; they are even impartial towards her. I cannot find out that I hate her at all, or that I am in the least unwilling to think her a very good sort of girl. There can be no love in all this. Jane Austen passiongirlhate Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination. Jane Austen eyesighthands From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry. Jane Austen selfishfeelingsmen The evergreen! How beautiful, how welcome, how wonderful the evergreen! When one thinks of it, how astonishing a variety of nature! In some countries we know that the tree that sheds its leaf is the variety, but that does not make it less amazing, that the same soil and the same sun should nurture plants differing in the first rule and law of their existence. Jane Austen beautifulcountrythinking 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 alarmsgivinglooks The less said the better. Jane Austen norfolksaid
