Quotes from Jane Austen

Hay?rseverliÄŸine hayran?m, diye konuÅŸtu Mary, Ama yine de bütün duygusal dürtüler mant?kla yönlendirilmelidir. Åžahsen fikrimi sorarsan; insan?n harcad??? her emek daima kendisinden talep edilenle doÄŸru orant?l? olmal?d?r.

I wanted to keep it from Jane's knowledge; but, unluckily, I had mentioned it before I was aware.

Era una de esas personas que creen que nada puede ser peligroso, difícil o cansado para nadie, excepto para ellas mismas.

Bien heureusement, pensait Elizabeth, personne ne devait s'en apercevoir. Car, à beaucoup de sensibilité Jane unissait une égalité d'humeur et une maîtrise d'elle-même qui la préservait des curiosités indiscrètes.

san?r?m her yarad?l??ta belli bir kötülüÄŸe doÄŸru eÄŸilim vard?r... doÄŸal bir kusur, en iyi eÄŸitim bile üstesinden gelemez. sizin kusurunuz herkesten nefret etme eÄŸilimi. sizinki de, dedi Darcy gülümseyerek, isteyerek herkesi yanl?? anlama.

It was now some years since Anne had begun to learn that she and her excellent friend could sometimes think differently; and it did not surprise her, therefore, that Lady Russell should see nothing suspicious or inconsistent, nothing to require more motives than appeared, in Mr Elliot's great desire of a reconciliation.

Todo impulso del sentimiento debe estar dirigido por la razón, y a mi juicio, el esfuerzo debe ser proporcional a lo que se pretende - Mary

There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do, if he chuses, and that is, his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution.

That the Miss Lucases and the Miss Bennets should meet to talk over a ball was absolutely necessary; and the morning after the assembly brought the former to Longbourn to hear and to communicate.

Having never fancied herself in love before, her regard had all the warmth of first attachment, and from her age and disposition, greater steadiness than first attachments often boast; and so fervently did she value his remembrance, and prefer him to every other man, that all her good sense, and all her attention to the feelings of her friends, were requisite to check the indulgence of those regrets, which must have been injurious to her own health and their tranquility.

she cannot expect to excel if she does not practice a good deal.

In vain I have 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. - Mr Darcy

If he is satisfied with only regretting me, when he might have obtained my affections and hand, I shall soon cease to regret him at all.

She knows her own worth too well for false shame.

The promise, therefore, was given, and must be performed.

We shall be on good terms again; though we can never be what we once were to each other.

Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility

In such moments of precious, invaluable misery, she rejoiced in tears of agony...

Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall never be exposed to?

I know we shall be happy. I know the summer will pass happily away.

Marianne was vexed at it for her sister's sake, and turned her eyes towards Elinor to see how she bore these attacks, with an earnestness which gave Elinor far more pain than could arise from such common-place raillery as Mrs. Jennings's.

So altered that he should not have known her again!' These were words which could not but dwell with her. Yet she soon began to rejoice that she had heard them. They were of sobering tendency; they allayed agitation; they composed, and consequently must make her happier.

Sé que usted desea que diga que sí para gozar el placer de despreciar mi gusto; pero una de mis aficiones es impedir tales bochornos y defraudar a aquellos que pretenden despreciarme.

There is always one thing a man can do, if he so chooses, and that is his duty.