Quotes About Esteem

You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.

never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's...

Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment.

I think him every thing that is worthy and amiable.

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem from love

She] is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own, and with many men, I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.

I can feel no sentiment of approbation inferior to love.

Consideration and Esteem surely follow command of Language as Admiration waits on Beauty

I do not dislike him. I consider him, on the contrary, as a very respectable man, who has everybody's good word and nobody's notice…

But your good opinion is rarely bestowed and therefore more worth the earning.

What! are you never to hear yourself praised! Then you must be no friend of mine; for those who will accept of my love and esteem, must submit to my open commendation.

It was the desire of appearing superior to other people. The motive was too common to be wondered at.

She knows her own worth too well for false shame.

São poucas as pessoas de quem gosto realmente e mais restrito ainda o número daquelas de quem eu faço um bom juízo.

Well, he certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.

Considering how very handsome she is, she appears to be little occupied with it; her vanity lies another way.

eu intotdeauna merit cel mai bun tratament, pentru ca altceva nu accept.

ma Anne, con la sua raffinata intelligenza e la sua dolcezza, virtù che avrebbero dovuto collocarla molto in alto nella stima di chiunque fosse dotato di giudizio, non era nessuno né per il padre né per la sorella. La sua parola non aveva alcun valore, le sue esigenze erano sempre considerate poco importanti; era soltanto Anne

Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what others think of us.

Gostar dele! - replicou a sua mãe com um sorriso. - Não consigo sentir nenhum sentimento de aprovação inferior ao amor. - Pode estimá-lo. - Ainda não descobri como separar a estima do amor. Mrs. Dashwood

I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem and love

young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own; ...it is a paltry device, a very mean art.

Oh! certainly," cried his faithful assistant, "no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved.