Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.” “If I understand you rightly, you had formed a surmise of such horror as I have …” “Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?""For the liveliness of y…” “It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.”