Maxioms by Jane Austen
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
Well! Evil to some is always good to others.
Well! Evil to some is always good to others.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more
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.
