English Quotes

260 quotes in this collection

"My idea of good company... is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."

-- Jane Austen

"My idea of good company... is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."

-- Jane Austen

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"

-- Jane Austen

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"

-- Jane Austen

"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."

-- Jane Austen

"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."

-- Jane Austen

"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."

-- Jane Austen

"Nobody minds having what is too good for them."

-- Jane Austen

"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."

-- Jane Austen

"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."

-- Jane Austen

"One man's style must not be the rule of another's."

-- Jane Austen

"One man's style must not be the rule of another's."

-- Jane Austen

"Every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies."

-- Jane Austen

"Every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies."

-- Jane Austen

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

-- Jane Austen

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

-- Jane Austen

"It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble."

-- Jane Austen

"It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble."

-- Jane Austen

"Time will explain."

-- Jane Austen

"Time will explain."

-- Jane Austen

"What are men to rocks and mountains?"

-- Jane Austen

"What are men to rocks and mountains?"

-- Jane Austen

"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."

-- Jane Austen

"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."

-- Jane Austen

"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

-- Jane Austen

"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

-- Jane Austen

"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

-- Jane Austen

"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."

-- Jane Austen

"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."

-- Jane Austen

"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."

-- Jane Austen

"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

-- Jane Austen

"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

-- Jane Austen

"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not greater, and the inconvenience is often considerable."

-- Jane Austen

"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not greater, and the inconvenience is often considerable."

-- Jane Austen

"Angry people are not always wise."

-- Jane Austen

"Angry people are not always wise."

-- Jane Austen

"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings."

-- Jane Austen

"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings."

-- Jane Austen

"Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does."

-- Jane Austen

"Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does."

-- Jane Austen

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

-- Jane Austen

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

-- Jane Austen

"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible."

-- Jane Austen

"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible."

-- Jane Austen

"Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope."

-- Jane Austen

"Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope."

-- Jane Austen

"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."

-- Jane Austen

"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."

-- Jane Austen