The quotations of

Jane Austen

Author, novelist, writer

1775–1817

77 quotes, most often on Love, Comedy and Marriage.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice (1813)In context
- Marriage
- Money
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
Emma (1815)In context
- Happiness
What could I do! Facts are such horrid things!
“Lady Susan”, Letter XXXII (1871)
- Comedy
- Facts
Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
Emma (1815)In context
- Business
- Friendship
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.
Emma (1815)In context
- Life & Death
- Marriage
She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter IIn context
- Character
- Marriage
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Dancing
- Love
She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter IIIIn context
- Beauty
- Clever Jabs
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonimously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter VIn context
- Pride
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter VIIn context
I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter VIIn context
- Beauty
- Women
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter VIIn context
I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter IXIn context
- Love
- Poetry
Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume I, Chapter XIXIn context
- Truth & Lies
- Women
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it
Pride and Prejudice (1813), Volume II, Chapter IIn context
- Character
- Love

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