Jane Austen Quote

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours and laugh at them in our turn?”  — Jane Austen Source: 1813 book Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Bennet, Ch. 15)

Jane Austen Quote

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”  — Jane Austen Source: 1813 book Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte Lucas, Ch. 6)

Jane Austen Quote

“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”  — Jane Austen Source: 1813 book Pride and Prejudice Ch. 3

Jane Austen Quote

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”  — Jane Austen Source: 1813 book Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet, Ch. 8)