Quotes by Austen, Jane

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than >>

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man is in posses >>

It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable >>

Quotations about Ridicule

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. >>

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule. >>

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to >>

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Austen, Jane