Famous Quotes by Jane Austen

Below are famous quotes by Jane Austen - English novelist (1775 - 1817).

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

One half of the world can not understand the pleasures of the other.

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.

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