Creative Quotations from Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Jane Austen
(1775-1817) born on Dec 16

English novelist. "She was known as the "masterful miniaturist"; wrote "Pride and Prejudice," 1813; "Sense and Sensibility," 1811."

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A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing any thing, should conceal it as well as she can."

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

"Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."

"A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill."

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
R:	"In "The Harper Book of Quotations," by Robert I. Fitzhenry, 1993."
A:	"Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice, ch. 10, 1813."
N:	"Miss Bingley, in "Pride and Prejudice," ch. 10, 1813."
K:	"In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."