Austen

Famous quotes containing the word austen:

    Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber.
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    I do not write for such dull elves
    As have not a great deal of ingenuity themselves.
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    She found his manners very pleasing indeed.—The little flaw of
    having a Mistress now living with him at Ashdown Park, seems to
    be the only unpleasing circumstance about him.
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)