Famous quotes containing the word austen:
“What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“A submissive spirit might be patient, a strong understanding would supply resolution, but here was something more; here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from Nature alone. It was the choicest gift of heaven.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)