Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or family:
“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 (17751817)
“If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by allboth old and young.”
—François Rabelais (14941553)