I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly. Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “She could not be complying, she dreaded being quarrelsome; her heroism reached …” “The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not marri…” “She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. I…” “It's a truth universally acknowledged...”