You think me foolish to call instruction a torment, but if you had been as much used as myself to hear poor little children first learning their letters and then learning to spell, if you had ever seen how stupid they can be for a whole morning together, and how tired my poor mother is at the end of it, as I am in the habit of seeing almost every day of my life at home, you would allow that to torment and to instruct might sometimes be used as synonymous words.
Jane AustenTags: humor homeschooling
Those who have not more must be satisfied with what they have.
Jane AustenOh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
Jane AustenTags: love integrity romance marriage joy self-determination affection duty feelings matrimony
To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well
Jane AustenA mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.
Jane AustenWhen a heroine is satisfied that she has exercised judgement with clear vision, moral principle,and common sense, she need not acquiesce to opposing viewpoints.
Jane AustenYou judge very properly," said Mr. Bennet, "and 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 the result of previous study?"
"They arise chiefly from what is passing at the time, and thought I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible."
Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened with the keenest enjoyment, maintaining at the same time the most resolute composure of countenance, and except in an occasional glance at Elizabeth, requiring no partner in his pleasure.
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She wanted to be alone. Her mind was in a state of flutter and wonder, which made it impossible for her to be collected. She was in dancing, singing, exclaiming spirits; and till she had moved about, and talked to herself, and laughed and reflected, she could be fit for nothing rational.
Jane AustenOne does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
Jane AustenTags: jane-austen persuasion anne-elliot
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not, what they ought to be, so are the nation.
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