Truth Quote by Jane Austen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly anybody to love.”

“no hay que desesperar de lograr aquello que deseamos, pues la asiduidad, si es constante, consigue el fin que se propone...”

“And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.”

“It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.”

“Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.”

“However, he wrote some verses on her, and very pretty they were.”

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”

“Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!”

“You better hide that heart of yours. It won't lead you anywhere you want to go.”

“Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every member of his church stands guard over his brain with a creed, like a club, in his hand. He knows that he is not expected to search after the truth, but that he is employed to defend the creed. Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.”

“. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful.”

“We need to be fit and ready for anything that might come our way.”