"Where shall we see a better daughter,..." - Quote by Jane Austen
Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?
More by Jane Austen
“if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.”
“Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found, if any where.”
“To love is to burn, to be on fire.”
More on Character
“The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.”
“Be tough minded but tenderhearted.”
“It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.”
More on Family
“I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, "My boy's got learnin'!"”
“Our cellar home had a kitchen and a combination bedroom and half bath, which meant we had a sink next to the bed. We had no refrigerator, no shower or tub, and no privacy. My parents shared the bedroom with my sister and me.”
“After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere”