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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

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
Easily
Mines
Mine
Mortified
Pride
Mortification
Forgive
Forgiveness
Prejudice
Forgiving

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