Oh! what a silly Thing is Woman! How vain, how unreasonable! Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.” “You will find her manners beyond anything I can describe; and your wit and viva…” “but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does no…” “He had caught both substance and shadow — both fortune and affection, and was j…”