I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Habit Quotes, Principles Quotes, Selfishness Quotes

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

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

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

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

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

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

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.