Jane Austen Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.”

“Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.”

“To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.”

“Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.”