What did Jane Austen mean by: One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
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 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
She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Playfulness, Ridiculousness, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ Portable property is happiness in a pocketbook. Author, September 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Contentment, Mobility, Wealth, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Conflict, Dependency, Love, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
How hard it is in some cases to be believed!’ ‘And how impossible in others! Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Belief, Doubt, Perception, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ Time, time will heal the wound. Author, September 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Healing, Recovery, Time, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Intelligence, Judgment, Wealth, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
In art, theories are as useful as a doctor’s prescription; one must be sick to believe them. Maurice de Vlaminck Painter · France
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. Jean Rostand Biologist · France
