What did Jane Austen mean by: I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
+ How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! Author, June 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Approval, Bias, Promptness, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Criticism, Humor, Wit, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Folly, Morality, Wickedness, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Compassion, Conflict, Stress, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ You have delighted us long enough. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Change, Complacency, Satisfaction, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Inadequacy, Love, Recognition, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Grace, Negativity, Politeness, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Agreement, Compliment, Rational, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. Read explanation Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
