Quote

At first sight, his address is certainly not striking and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.

Jane Austen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Eye
Hardly
Uncommonly
Persons
Till
Countenance
Person
Sight
Striking
Firsts
Certainly
Perceived
First
General
Handsome
Good
Expression
Sweetness
Called
Address
Eyes
Addresses

More quotes by Jane Austen

Image
I have read your book, and I disapprove.
Jane Austen
Image
By the bye, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon , for I am put on the sofa near the fire and can drink as much wine as I like.
Jane Austen
Image
I have always maintained the importance of Aunts
Jane Austen
Image
Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking and her face was so lovely, that when in the common cant of praise she was called a beautiful girl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens.
Jane Austen
Image
Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!
Jane Austen
Image
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.
Jane Austen
Image
One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.
Jane Austen
Image
I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man's being in love if he chose it.
Jane Austen
Image
A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow.
Jane Austen
Image
...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
Jane Austen
Image
A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.
Jane Austen
Image
Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.
Jane Austen
Image
It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.
Jane Austen
Image
Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.
Jane Austen
Image
Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I confess they would have no charms for me. I should infinitely prefer a book.
Jane Austen
Image
Do you not want to know who has taken it? cried his wife impatiently.
Jane Austen
Image
What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering?
Jane Austen
Image
Arguments are too much like disputes.
Jane Austen
Image
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Jane Austen
Image
She is loveliness itself.
Jane Austen