Writer · British · 1775 – 1817 · 73 quotes
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
Jane Austen
Writer · British · 1775 – 1817
I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.
My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
An artist cannot do anything slovenly.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.
