Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.
Jane AustenTags: mary-bennet
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.
Jane AustenHis good looks and his rank had one fair claim on his attachment; since to them he must have owed a wife of very superior character to any thing deserved by his own.
Jane AustenTidak ada yang lebih menipu daripada kerendahan hati. Seringkali itu hanya menjadi ungkapan semata, dan terkadang justru disampaikan untuk menyombongkan diri secara diam-diam.
Jane AustenTags: inspirational-quotes adr
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 AustenMay I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment or are the result of previous study?
Jane AustenAlçakgönüllü görünmek kadar aldatıcı hiçbir şey olamaz. Aslında bu ya dikkatsizlik ve umursamazlıktır ya da kimi kez gizli övünmedir.
Jane AustenAs it happened that Elizabeth had much rather not, she endeavoured in her answer to put an end to every entreaty and expectation of the kind. Such relief, however, as it was in her power to afford,
Jane AustenHe is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!—so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!
Jane AustenThey were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others. T
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