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“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”

Jane Austen kniha Sense and Sensibility

Varianta: It is not what we think or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do. Or fail to do...
Zdroj: Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen citát: “When I fall in love, it will be forever.”

“When I fall in love, it will be forever.”

Zdroj: Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

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“Angry people are not always wise.”

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

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“How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!”

Letter (1811-05-31) referring to the Peninsular War [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”

Letter to Cassandra (1798-12-24) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
Zdroj: Jane Austen's Letters

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope… I have loved none but you.”

Jane Austen kniha Persuasion

Varianta: You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.
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“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?”

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”

Jane Austen kniha Sense and Sensibility

Varianta: Mama, the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
Zdroj: Sense and Sensibility

“We are all fools in love”

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”

Jane Austen kniha Mansfield Park

Dinner was soon followed by tea and coffee, a ten miles' drive home allowed no waste of hours; and from the time of their sitting down to table, it was a quick succession of busy nothings till the carriage came to the door, and Mrs. Norris, having fidgeted about, and obtained a few pheasants' eggs and a cream cheese from the housekeeper, and made abundance of civil speeches to Mrs. Rushworth, was ready to lead the way.
Misattributed
Zdroj: Said by Fanny Price in a 1999 adaptation of Mansfield Park. Actual quote:

“Till this moment I never knew myself.”

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

-Mr. Darcy”

Jane Austen kniha Pride and Prejudice

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