He feared that principle, active principle, had been wanting; that they had never been properly taught to govern their inclinations and tempers by that sense of duty which can alone suffice. They had been instructed theoretically in their religion, but never required to bring it into daily practice.
("Mansfield Park")
More Quotes from Jane Austen:
But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.Jane Austen
My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
Jane Austen
I will not allow books to prove anything.
Jane Austen
Believe me, I have no please in the world superior to that of contributing to yours. No, I can safely say, I have no pleasure so complete, so unalloyed. It is without a drawback.
Jane Austen
Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.
Jane Austen
Give me yet to see
Her smile of Love.
Jane Austen
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Duty Quotes, Principle Quotes, Religions & Spirituality Quotes, Sense & Perception QuotesBased on Keywords: tempers
If you are speaking about my own songs, I would think so because we were talking about that particular era and I was singing one of my songs that I recorded 50 years ago.
Ruth Brown
At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there.
Donald T. Regan
The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
E. L. Doctorow