Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or leigh:
“Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and when she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended as a clearer of ill-fame.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“Thank God! none of my children have an atom of poetry in their composition!”
—Augusta Leigh (1783–1851)