Jane Austen’s timeless novels have captured the hearts of readers for centuries with their wit, wisdom, and romance. Whether you’re seeking words of encouragement, reflections on love, or a dash of clever humor, her works are filled with gems that continue to resonate today. In this blog, we’ve curated Best 35+ lovely Jane Austen quotes to inspire, uplift, and remind us of the power of words. From the delightful banter of Pride and Prejudice to the poignant insights of Sense and Sensibility, these quotes offer a glimpse into Austen’s genius and the universal truths she so elegantly expressed. Let these quotes fill your day with charm, grace, and inspiration!
Jane Austen quotes that will take your breath away
The prose you’re about to explore weaves together themes of love, human nature, and cultural reflections from a time long past. Yet, above all, it’s undeniably beautiful. And let’s be honest, couldn’t the world use a little more beauty? Couldn’t we all use a little more Jane Austen in our lives?
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- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
–– Pride and Prejudice. - I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
— Persuasion. - It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.
— Sense and Sensibility. - Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
— Pride and Prejudice. - Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
— Mansfield Park. - Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
— Emma. - Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
–– Mansfield Park. - We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
–– Mansfield Park. - Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
–– Pride and Prejudice. - The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
–– Northanger Abbey. - One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
— Emma. - Let me know when you begin the new tea, and the new white wine. My present elegances have not yet made me indifferent to such matters. I am still a cat if I see a mouse.
–– Letter to Cassandra. - We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.
–– Letter. - There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
–– Emma. - Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like.
— Mansfield Park. - Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
— Pride and Prejudice. - For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
–– Mr Bennet, Pride and Prejudice. - Without music, life would be a blank to me.
— Emma. - To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
— Pride and Prejudice. - There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
— Emma. - One man’s style must not be the rule of another’s.
— Emma. - It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
― Sense and Sensibility. - It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
— Emma. - I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
–– Letter to Cassandra. - There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.
— Northanger Abbey. - If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
― Emma.
- There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
— Mansfield Park.
- Give him a book, and he will read all day long.
— Persuasion. - Angry people are not always wise.
–– Pride and Prejudice. - But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them forever.
–– Pride and Prejudice. - The distance is nothing when one has motive.
–– Pride and Prejudice. - Do anything rather than marry without affection.
–– Pride and Prejudice.
- What are young men to rocks and mountains?
–– Pride and Prejudice.
- Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of both were overspread with the deepest blush.
–– Pride and Prejudice.
- She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.
–– Pride and Prejudice.
- Till this moment I never knew myself.
–– Pride and Prejudice.
- My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.
–– Pride and Prejudice.
No, these won’t necessarily teach you how to craft better sales copy, emails, or blog posts… but they will refine your sense of style, helping you appreciate great writing when you come across it. And, after all, isn’t that where good writing starts?
But I digress.
By Cole Schafer.
