An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged;…

Quote by Jane Austen

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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...

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...

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has...

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has...

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...

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...

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

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

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

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.

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

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

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

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...