Logo
Quote by Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbl

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

Other quotes by Jane Austen

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. – Jane Austen

Category:
Nature
Author
Jane Austen
Read Quote

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. – Jane Austen

Category:
Pleasure
Author
Jane Austen
Read Quote

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. – Jane Austen

Category:
Education
Author
Jane Austen
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Ridicule
category

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. – Sir Walter Scott

Category:
Ridicule

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

Category:
Ridicule

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. – Martin Tupper

Category:
Ridicule

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule. – Franz Grillparzer

Category:
Ridicule

Random Quotes

Even if people do wrong, were social animals, so what can we do about stopping them doing the same things in future? Saying people are bad or evil is just an unwillingness to engage an unwillingness to try to empathise. That sanctimonious attitude doesnt help anyone. – Denise Mina

Category:
Attitude

It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. – Aeschylus

Category:
Wisdom

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. – Ayrton Senna

Category:
Experience

So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films dont respect their intelligence. – Eriq La Salle

Category:
Intelligence