“简•奥斯汀远比她表面上看来的那样更具有深刻的情感。她激发读者去填补语言之外的内容。她提供给读者的看似琐屑，但其中的内涵却足以拓展读者的思维，赋予读者以各种生活场景的永恒形式。”

——英国作家弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫

On Happiness

“It is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible."

“尽可能多地抓住幸福是件好事。

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– In Northanger Abbey（《诺桑觉寺》）

On Women’s Way to Fast-Fantasize about the Development of a Relationship with a Man

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“一个女人的想象力是非常迅速的；它瞬间从钦佩到爱情，然后又从爱情到婚姻。”

– In Pride and Prejudice（《傲慢与偏见》）

On Expectations and Requirements regarding a Romantic Partner

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”

“我对这个世界了解得越多，就越相信我永远找不到一个我真正爱的人。我要求太高！”

– In Sense And Sensibility（《理智与情感》）

On Anger and Wisdom

“Angry people are not always wise.”

“愤怒的人并不总是明智的。”

– In Sense And Sensibility（《理智与情感》）

 On Relaxation, Comfort and Home

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Nobody can be more devoted to home than I am.”

“没有什么比呆在家里更舒服了。没有人比我更专注于家庭。”

——– In Emma（《爱玛》）

On the Rational Nature of Women

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”

“我讨厌听到你谈论所有的女人，好像她们都是好女人，而不是理性的生物。我们谁也不想一辈子都生活在平静的水面上。”

– In Persuasion（《劝导》）

On the Rarity of Truthful Disclosures

“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.”

“人类很少、非常少揭示完全的真理；很少有什么事情是不加掩饰或有一点错误的。”

–In Emma（《爱玛》）

On how to not get tricked

“If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it.”

“如果我不能被说服做我认为错误的事情，我将永远不会被欺骗。”

– In Northanger Abbey（《诺桑觉寺》）

On Time

“Time will explain.”

“时间会解释一切。”

– In Persuasion（《劝导》）

On the Importance of People learning to do things for themselves.

“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”

“有些人，你为他们做的越多，他们为自己做的就越少。”

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