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

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Men
Tongue
Laughter
Inspiring
Abusive
Laughing
Stumbling
Cannot
Ridicule
Without
Jane
Something
Wit
Always
Witty

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