It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.
Jane AustenShe knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation
Jane AustenAnd your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.
Jane AustenIncline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves.
Jane Austen