What is passable in youth is detestable in later age Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “But history, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in. Can you?""Yes, I a…” “Yes; these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they both like Vin…” “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tir…” “[Mrs. Ferrars] was not a woman of many words: for, unlike people in general, sh…”