What did Jane Austen mean by: A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
+ Every moment had its pleasure and its hope. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Hope, Moment, Pleasure, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me. Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Courage, Defiance, Resilience, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Age, Happiness, Success, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! Author, October 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Endurance, Escapism, Satisfaction, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ An annuity is a very serious business. Author, June 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Commitment, Finance, Responsibility, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Happiness, Literature, Ownership, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
…I will not allow books to prove any thing.” “But how shall we prove any thing?” “We never shall. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Knowledge, Skepticism, Truth, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Grant us peace, Almighty Father, so to pray as to deserve to be heard. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Deserving, Peace, Prayer, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
