What did Jane Austen mean by: Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
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
What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Change, Perspective, Uncertainty, 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
Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Irony, Love, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Where love is there is no labor; and if there be labor, that labor is loved. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Labor, Love, Passion, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Individual, Integrity, Principle, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ My good opinion once lost is lost forever. Author, September 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Permanence, Reputation, Trust, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
“It is not everyone,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.” Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Individuality, Nature, Passion, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
