. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

Quote by Jane Austen

Topics: Books Quotes

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

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

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

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

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...

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.