No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Quote by Jane Austen

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I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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.

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.

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

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,...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among...

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...

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,...

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

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

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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...

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...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

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...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

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...

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...