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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

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
Fear
Jane
May
Convincing
Reason
Spent
Right
Inspiring
Many
Wisdom
Hours
Wrong
Funny
Wrongdoing

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