Jane Austen Quotes
Everything nourishes what is strong already.
— Jane Austen 
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
— Jane Austen
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
— Jane Austen
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
— Jane Austen
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
— Jane Austen
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
— Jane Austen
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.
— Jane Austen
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
— Jane Austen
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
— Jane Austen
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
— Jane Austen
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