Quotes About Perspective

It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle;

Lady Russell had only to listen composedly, and wish them happy, but internally her heart revelled in angry pleasure, in pleased contempt, that the man who at twenty-three had seemed to understand somewhat of the value of an Anne Elliot, should, eight years afterwards, be charmed by a Louisa Musgrove.

on the portrayal of women in literature) Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.

When one is in great pain, you know one cannot feel any blessing quite as it may deserve.

He must tell his own story.' 'But he will tell only half of it.' 'A quarter would be enough.

It is very unfair to judge of any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

Now I have done, cried Captain Wentworth. When once married people begin to attack me with,--`Oh! you will think very differently, when you are married.' I can only say, `No, I shall not;' and then they say again, `Yes, you will,' and there is an end of it.

Hubiera podido fácilmente perdonar su orgullo, si no hubiera sido porque se metió con el mío Elizabeth Bennet.

Time, you may be sure, will make one or the other of us think differently; and, in the meanwhile, we need not talk much on the subject.

Oh! not handsome—not at all handsome. I thought him very plain at first, but I do not think him so plain now. One does not, you know, after a time.

Banii pot aduce fericire numai acolo unde n-o poate aduce nimic altceva. In afara de anumite inlesniri, banii nu pot oferi bucurii adevarate

Good opinion once lost, is lost forever

Los que no cambian nunca de opinión deben cerciorarse bien antes de juzgar.

for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.

for I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value is our estimation.

Elizabeth was excessively disappointed...but it was her business to be satisfied — and certainly her temper to be happy; and all was soon right again.

but when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

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

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.

These are the sights, Harriet, to do one good. How trifling they make every thing else appear!---I feel now as if I could think of nothing but these poor creatures all the rest of the day; and yet, who can say how soon it may all vanish from my mind?

She found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had been looking with impatient desire did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.

No todas nos podemos dar el lujo de ser románticas.

I cannot say that I regret my comparative insignificance, Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly.

for what after all is Youth and Beauty?