One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. – Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. – Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. – Jane Austen
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. – Jane Austen
The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler. – Lord Chesterfield