Jane Austen
novelist · England · 1775–1817
The novelist who wrote Pride and Prejudice. About 160 of her letters to her sister Cassandra survive; Cassandra burned the rest.
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September 5, 1796
Mr. Richard Harvey is going to be married; but as it is a great secret, and only known to half the neighborhood, you must not mention it.
Letter to her sister Cassandra
December 24, 1798
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Letter to her sister Cassandra
1813
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice, the first sentence
1813 · While reading his daughter a letter full of absurd gossip
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
Pride and Prejudice, chapter 57, spoken by Mr. Bennet
1813
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Pride and Prejudice, chapter 5, spoken by Mary Bennet
1813
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
Pride and Prejudice, chapter 5, spoken by Elizabeth
1813
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Pride and Prejudice, chapter 58, spoken by Elizabeth
1813
An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.
Pride and Prejudice, chapter 20, spoken by Mr. Bennet
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