Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all.
Jane AustenA large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Jane AustenTag: happiness
I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.
Jane AustenTag: men
Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.
Jane Austenshe was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.
Jane AustenOne man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.
Jane Austen[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
Jane AustenTag: happiness jane-austen-literature-humor
Angry people are not always wise.
Jane AustenTag: wisdom jane-austen anger
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.
Jane AustenTag: humor jane-austen
And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.
Jane AustenTag: austen prom jane timeless dances
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