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"My dearest Emma," said he, "for dearest you will always be, whatever the event of this hour's conversation, my dearest, most beloved Emma -- tell me at once. Say 'No,' if it is to be said."
- Mr. Knightley, Jane Austen's Emma
"If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next."
- Mr. Weston, Jane Austen's Emma
"Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken."
- Jane Austen's Emma
"Respect for right conduct is felt by everybody."
- Mr. Knightley, Jane Austen's Emma
"One cannot have too large a party."
- Mr. Weston, Jane Austen's Emma
"What is right to be done cannot be done too soon."
- Mr. Churchill, Jane Austen's Emma
3 comments:
Oh! I love quotes!! I should be putting up some from S&S before too long.
"Ah! There is nothing like staying home for real comfort."
~Mrs Elton
Melody, it's kind of funny that Mrs. Elton wasn't being nice to Emma in that scene and kind of telling her that she was just a home body. But I think that quote is so true and from all things I've read Jane Austen thought that was true too.
"There's nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
~Miss Laurie
Old-Fashioned Charm
Yes. ;-) There's a lot of truth in that quote, and I like saying it every once in a while. When you have to be always going here and there, home can provide much comfort indeed. So even if Miss Elton was being rather...stingy, it's a good quote.
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