Jane Austen Quotes

“You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”

― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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“I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy; but, like every body else it must be in my own way.”

― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

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

― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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“I would much rather have been merry than wise.”

― Jane Austen, Emma

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“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“But how little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue, she could easily conjecture.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“It is such a happiness when good people get together—and they always do.”

― Jane Austen, Emma

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“if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another”

― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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