Quote by Jane Austen
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is som

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. – Jane Austen

Other quotes by Jane Austen

. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen

Category:
Flattery
Read Quote

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. – Jane Austen

Category:
Nature
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
City Life, Cities
category

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. – John Ciardi

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. – Rupert Brooke

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it. – Charles Baudelaire

Who goes to Rome a beast returns a beast. – Italian Proverb

Random Quotes

I had dreams, but I didnt have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched. – Greta Gerwig

Category:
Dreams

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. – William S. Burroughs

Category:
Knowledge

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate. – Edward Albert

Category:
Anger

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. – Margaret Thatcher

Category:
History