Famous quotes containing the word austen:
“What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation—of all the conflicts and the sacrifices that enno ble us most. A sick room may often furnish the worth of volumes.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well- informed mind, is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing any thing, should conceal it as well as she can.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a
dead child, some weeks before she was expected, owing to a
fright. I suppose that she happened unawares to look at her
husband.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)