"Mansfield Park" Quotes

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

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 the result of previous study?

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.

The mind of woman is of a delicate construction.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody, not greatly in fault themselves, to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.

I was quiet, but I was not blind.