Jane Austen: Idézetek angolul

“Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.”

Jane Austen könyv Értelem és érzelem

“Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"

"For the liveliness of your mind, I did.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”

Jane Austen könyv Northanger Abbey

“Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”

Jane Austen könyv Persuasion

“I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing; but I have never been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.”

Jane Austen könyv Emma

“Now they were as strangers; worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.”

Jane Austen könyv Persuasion

“Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“She was stronger alone…”

Jane Austen könyv Értelem és érzelem

“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 they the result of previous study?”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“Men were put into the world to teach women the law of compromise.”

Jane Austen

“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“One word from you shall silence me forever.”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)”

Jane Austen könyv Büszkeség és balítélet

“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”

Jane Austen könyv Persuasion