Jane Austen Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817
Birthday: December 16
Death: July 18
When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.
source: Jane Austen (2006). “Illustrated Jane Austen - 8 Books in 1. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, P”, p.328, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
topic: Night, People, Sorrow, Mansfield Park, Sublimity
