Quotes by Austen, Jane

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. >>

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

Those who do not complain are never pitied. >>

Quotations about Churches

Sign in lot: Church parking only. We will not forgive those who trespa >>

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptibl >>

Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they k >>

It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen. A clergyman has nothing to do but be slovenly and selfish; read the newspaper, watch the weather, and quarrel with his wife. His curate does all the work and the business of his own life is to dine.

Austen, Jane