It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should. Jane Austen More Quotes by Jane Austen More Quotes From Jane Austen Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention. Jane Austen too-much danger attention At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. Jane Austen eye expression sight Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be, unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered, and the particular state of your complexion, and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities, without having constant recourse to a journal? Jane Austen cousin diversity hair her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. Jane Austen silence numbers giving It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations and proposals, or he in having them accepted. Jane Austen receiving perfection would-be Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen pleasant-surprises foolish inspiring Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered. Jane Austen given comfort mind A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone. It was the choicest gift of Heaven; and Anne viewed her friend as one of those instances in which, by a merciful appointment, it seems designed to counterbalance almost every other want. Jane Austen strong evil heaven I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural of any other woman. Jane Austen accomplishment half world There is a monsterous deal of stupid quizzing, & common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit. Jane Austen prejudice stupid common If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard? Jane Austen heroines protection novel It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? Jane Austen delicacy inspiring attention I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. Jane Austen prejudice kind men How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his forever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation. Jane Austen would-be forever men A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other. Jane Austen constant influence mother I should not mind anything at all. Jane Austen should mind It was absolutely necessary to interrupt him now. Jane Austen love If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right. Jane Austen i-believe ifs believe She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Jane Austen vanity ignorance knowing I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights. Jane Austen thirty would-be faces
