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

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

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 cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

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

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

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

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...

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...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

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.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

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

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

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy,...

There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy,...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped....