What did Jane Austen mean by: The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Appearance, Discomfort, Weather, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Intelligence, Servitude, Value, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ Vanity, not love, has been my folly. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Love, Regret, Vanity, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ With women, the heart argues, not the mind. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Conflict, Emotions, Gender, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy. Author, September 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Clarity, Ease, Understanding, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Affection, Expectations, Gender, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ None but a woman can teach the science of herself. Author, September 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Empowerment, Feminism, Knowledge, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Friendships, Relationships, Wealth, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France