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She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

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
Consequence
Pride
Slighted
Humor
Darcy
Present
Tempt
Young
Tolerable
Give
Ladies
Enough
Handsome
Giving
Prejudice

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