Quotes from Jane Austen

È troppo doloroso gli disse pensare che Charlotte Lucas sarà padrona di questa casa, che io sarò costretta a sgomberarle il campo e a sopportare di vederle prende il mio posto! Non abbandonarti, mia cara, a questi tristi pensieri. Cerchiamo di avere speranze migliori. Illudiamoci che possa essere io a sopravviverti.

But here she did injustice to the fire and independence of his character, for it led him to escape out of Longbourn House the next morning with admirable slyness, and hasten to Lucas Lodge to throw himself at her feet.

Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered.

Cuando un joven, sea quien sea, viene y enamora a una linda chica y le promete matrimonio, no tiene derecho a desdecirse de su palabra sólo por haberse empobrecido y que una muchacha rica esté dispuesta a aceptarlo. ¿Por qué, en ese caso, no vende sus caballos, alquila su casa, despide a sus criados, y no da un real vuelco a su vida?

and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages.

Marianne could never love by halves.

It was contrary to every doctrine of hers that difference of fortune should keep any couple asunder who were attracted by resemblance of disposition;

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence

Better be without sense, than misapply it as you do.

A person may be proud without being vain. Pride related to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

Las Dashwood eran demasiado lúcidas para ser buena compañía para Lady Middleton.

she read on; but every line proved

every one of the novels. To some the delightful freshness and humour of Northanger Abbey, its completeness, finish, and entrain, obscure the undoubted critical facts that its scale is small, and its scheme, after all, that of burlesque or parody, a kind in which the

Everybody likes to go their own way- to choose their own time and manner of devotion.

Sono poche le persone che amo veramente e ancora meno quelle di cui penso bene. Più conosco il mondo, più ne sono scontenta; ogni giorno conferma la mia opinione sull'incoerenza degli essere umani e sull'impossibilità di fare affidamento su ciò che sembra meritevole o sensato. ...

Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly anybody to love;

Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society;

by allowance and loving with personal love. This distinction applies to books as well as to men and women; and in the case of the not very numerous authors who are the objects of the personal affection, it brings a curious consequence with it. There

In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal.

that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.

Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment, maintaining at the same time the most resolute composure of countenance, and, except in an occasional glance at Elizabeth, requiring no partner in his pleasure.

This violent oppression of spirits continued the whole evening. She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.

the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father; and though he belonged to one of the universities, he had merely kept the necessary terms, without forming at it any useful acquaintance.

What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you I was properly humbled.