I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the rising sun

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Power Quotes

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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...

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

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...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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

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

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

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

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most...

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most...

You cant change the way somebody shows affection towards you, everybody expresses themselves differently, period.

You cant change the way somebody shows affection towards you, everybody expresses themselves differently, period.