Occupation: Novelist Birth: December 16, 1775 Death: July 18, 1817
Evil to some is always good to others.
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal..
Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, ….
Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing ….
Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you..
She is loveliness itself..
Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did ….
I love you. Most ardently..
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can..
We certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves..
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead..
There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions..
If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk. When I yielded, I thoug….
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart..
I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights..
She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation..
I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know..
Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you..
I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more.
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fa….
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all ….