In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Love Quotes

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...

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

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...

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...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

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

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

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...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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.

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...

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.

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,...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.