"She will never submit to any thing..." - Quote by Jane Austen
She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.
More by Jane Austen
“You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.”
“Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.”
“Let us have no ranting tragedies. Too many charactersNot a tolerable woman's part in the play.”
More on Character
“My Lawyer being practiced almost from his Cradle in defending Falsehood; is quite out of his Element when he would be an Advocate for Justice, which as an Office unnatural, he always attempts with great Awkwardness if not with Ill-will.”
“A person who is anxious to be a leader of the fashion, or one of the first to follow it, will certainly appear in the eyes of judicious men to have nothing better than a frequent change of dress to recommend him to notice.”
“People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.”