What did Jane Austen mean by: Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth. Jane Austen Author · England Copy
Told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Acceptance, Hope, Resilience, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
And what am I to do on the occasion? — It seems an hopeless business. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Frustration, Hopelessness, Uncertainty, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
+ I should infinitely prefer a book. Author, July 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Jane Austen, Books, Knowledge, Preference, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
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 are men to rocks and mountains? Author, March 21, 2023December 25, 2024, Jane Austen, Insignificance, Nature, Perspective, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Performance, Rationality, Social dynamics, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Benevolence, Friendship, Morality, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jane Austen, Beauty, Perception, Personality, 0 Jane Austen Author · England
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we lavish our money we rob our heir; when we merely save it we rob ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France