Men
Explore Jane Austen’s insightful quotes on men, revealing her sharp wit and keen observations on gender roles. Through her characters, Austen provides a lens into the complexities of male behavior and relationships.
“A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.”
“Every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies.”
“I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman’s feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.”
“I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
“One man’s style must not be the rule of another’s.”
“What are men to rocks and mountains?”