Jane Austen, celebrated for her keen observations of society and human behavior, crafted stories that remain beloved centuries later. Her quotes reflect her wit, wisdom, and insightful commentary on love, manners, and the complexities of human relationships. Together, they offer timeless reflections on character, social dynamics, and the enduring humor found in everyday life.
She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.
From Emma
…Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be so…
From Pride and Prejudice
I will not talk of my own happiness,' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?
From Mansfield Park
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.
From Pride And Prejudice
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
From Mansfield Park
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
From Pride and Prejudice
She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself.
From Persuasion
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
From Persuasion
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
From Northanger Abbey
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
From Pride and Prejudice
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
From Pride and Prejudice
[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
From Northanger Abbey
Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.
From Emma
I was uncomfortable enough. I was very uncomfortable, I may say unhappy.
From Pride and Prejudice
And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.
From Pride and Prejudice
Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be so, when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest with themselves.
From Mansfield Park
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.
…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever…
From Northanger Abbey
Without music, life would be a blank to me.
From Emma
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome."
"And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody."
"And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.
From Pride and Prejudice
my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be...
From Pride and Prejudice
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
From Mansfield Park
Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.
From Mansfield Park
but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again.
From Emma
She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.
From Emma
…Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be so…
From Pride and Prejudice
I will not talk of my own happiness,' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?
From Mansfield Park
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.
From Pride And Prejudice
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
From Mansfield Park
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
From Pride and Prejudice
She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself.
From Persuasion
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
From Persuasion
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
From Northanger Abbey
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
From Pride and Prejudice
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
From Pride and Prejudice
[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
From Northanger Abbey
Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.
From Emma
I was uncomfortable enough. I was very uncomfortable, I may say unhappy.
From Pride and Prejudice
And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.
From Pride and Prejudice
Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be so, when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest with themselves.
From Mansfield Park
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.
…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever…
From Northanger Abbey
Without music, life would be a blank to me.
From Emma
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome."
"And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody."
"And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.
From Pride and Prejudice
my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be...
From Pride and Prejudice
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
From Mansfield Park
Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.
From Mansfield Park
but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again.
From Emma
She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.
From Emma
…Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be so…
From Pride and Prejudice
I will not talk of my own happiness,' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?
From Mansfield Park
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.
From Pride And Prejudice
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
From Mansfield Park
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
From Pride and Prejudice
She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself.
From Persuasion
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
From Persuasion
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
From Northanger Abbey
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
From Pride and Prejudice
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
From Pride and Prejudice
[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
From Northanger Abbey
Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.
From Emma
I was uncomfortable enough. I was very uncomfortable, I may say unhappy.
From Pride and Prejudice
And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.
From Pride and Prejudice
Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be so, when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest with themselves.
From Mansfield Park
Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all.
…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever…
From Northanger Abbey
Without music, life would be a blank to me.
From Emma
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome."
"And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody."
"And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.
From Pride and Prejudice
my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be...
From Pride and Prejudice
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
From Mansfield Park
Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.
From Mansfield Park
but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again.
From Emma
