Jane Austen, Emma

Quotes

• “but a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proport...”
• “There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessin...”
• “Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a li...”
• “Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”
• “Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
• “She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.”
• “How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”
• “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
• “You must be the best judge of your own happiness.”
• “Without music, life would be a blank to me.”