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Quotes About Decision

But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.
~ Jane Austen
I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to 'Yes,' she ought to say 'No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.
~ Jane Austen
May we take my uncle's letter to read to her? Take whatever you like, and get away.
~ Jane Austen
If a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.
~ Jane Austen
Mi afecto y mis anhelos no han variado; pero una palabra suya me hará callar para siempre Mr. Darcy
~ Jane Austen
As long as you need time to think my affections and wishes are unchanged, and one word from you will silence me forever on this subject .
~ Jane Austen
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.
~ Jane Austen
every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason.
~ Jane Austen
his second... must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it.
~ Jane Austen
whether I ought not to punish him by dismissing him at once after this reconciliation, or by marrying and teazing him for ever.
~ Jane Austen
My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
~ Jane Austen
Anne did think on the question with perfect decision, and said as much in replay as her own feelings could accomplish, or as his seemed able to bear, for he was too much affected to renew the subject - and when he spoke again, it was something totally different.
~ Jane Austen
And she did what nobody thought of doing... she consulted Anne.
~ Jane Austen
Mi spazientisce oltremisura quando fanno finta di chiedermi, di darmi una scelta, e nello stesso tempo si rivolgono in modo tale da obbligarmi a fare quella cosa… di qualsiasi cosa si tratti!
~ Jane Austen
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness
~ Jane Austen
My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming—one other person at least.
~ Jane Austen
How many a man has committed himself on a short acquaintance, and rued it all the rest of his life!
~ Jane Austen
I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party.
~ Jane Austen
when it comes to the question of dependence or independence!—At any rate, it must be better to have only one to please than two.
~ Jane Austen
These are difficulties which you must settle for yourself. Choose your own degree of crossness. I shall press you no more.
~ Jane Austen
Haz cualquier cosa menos casarte sin amor. ¿Estás absolutamente segura de que sientes lo que debe sentirse?
~ Jane Austen
Si una mujer duda si debe aceptar o no a un hombre, lo evidente es que debería rechazarle.
~ Jane Austen
Mr. Darcy who took her so much by surprise in his application for her hand, that, without knowing what she did, she accepted him.
~ Jane Austen
I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to 'Yes,' she ought to say 'No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.
~ Jane Austen