What did Jane Austen mean by: Fanny! You are killing me!” “No man dies of love but on the stage, Mr. Crawford. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Aging, Beauty, Perception, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Beauty, Perception, Personality, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. Author, March 12, 2023December 25, 2024, Jane Austen, Dislike, Preference, Relationships, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ Till this moment I never knew myself. Author, October 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Discovery, Self-awareness, Transformation, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Loyalty, Potential, Value, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Happiness, Materialism, Wealth, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Appearance, Discomfort, Weather, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Love, Marriage, Relationships, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
