Quote

He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.

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
World
Disagreeable
Hoped
Body
Come
Every
Never
Would
Men
Proudest

More quotes by Jane Austen

Image
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.
Jane Austen
Image
She wished such words unsaid with all her heart
Jane Austen
Image
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language
Jane Austen
Image
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
Jane Austen
Image
Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.
Jane Austen
Image
I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.
Jane Austen
Image
Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.
Jane Austen
Image
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.
Jane Austen
Image
Yes, replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, but that was when I first knew her for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.
Jane Austen
Image
How can I dispose of myself with it?
Jane Austen
Image
The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.
Jane Austen
Image
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
Jane Austen
Image
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
Jane Austen
Image
We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.
Jane Austen
Image
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
Jane Austen
Image
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Jane Austen
Image
But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.
Jane Austen
Image
I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I did, and am looking about for a sentiment, an illustration, or a metaphor in every corner of the room. Could my Ideas flow as fast as the rain in the Storecloset it would be charming.
Jane Austen
Image
If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it.
Jane Austen
Image
Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference? - Elizabeth Bennet
Jane Austen