To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.” “...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.” “I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether …” “I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I d…”