What did Jane Austen mean by: She had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
+ 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
I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Discovery, Love, Poetry, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
…when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Memory, Pain, Pleasure, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Outcome, Perspective, Uncertainty, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Disorder, Mind, Terrible, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ What are men to rocks and mountains? Author, September 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Comparison, Insignificance, Nature, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Doubt, Growth, Nature, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Happiness, Success, Wealth, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France