Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
Jane AustenStichwörter: love romance vanity denial affection blindness refusal folly
It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
Jane AustenYou ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.
Jane AustenTo look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
Jane AustenStichwörter: girls beauty adolescence prettiness
You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.
Jane AustenThis is an evening of wonders, indeed!
Jane AustenStichwörter: jane-austen english-lit darcy-s-proposal
There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley
Jane AustenStichwörter: philosophy jane-austen duty emma mr-knightley wisdom-in-fiction classic-literature
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better
behavior is expected of them.
A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favor of happiness, as a very resolute character.
Jane Austenshe thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly.
Jane AustenStichwörter: poetry
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