What did Jane Austen mean by: Fine dancing, I believe, like virtue, must be its own reward. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
+ 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
Now they were as strangers; nay worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, estrangement, Incompatibility, Isolation, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I’ve done nothing useful with my life. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Productivity, Reading, Self-improvement, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope…I have loved none but you. Author, August 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Devotion, Longing, Love, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Fairness, Judgment, Understanding, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Numbers, Silence, Solitude, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ Faultless in spite of all her faults. Author, August 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Imperfection, Paradox, Perfection, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ I can always live by my pen. Author, October 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Creativity, Independence, Livelihood, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. Jean Genet Playwright · France
