It's a truth universally acknowledged... Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficult…” “I must have my share in the conversation…” “I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. …” “If you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you. Till I…”