If the dispositions of the parties are ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always contrive to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation, and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.
简·奥斯汀
《傲慢与偏见》作者

简·奥斯汀(Jane Austen),被誉为世界上最伟大的英语作家之一,与莎士比亚齐名。作品有《理智与情感》、《傲慢与偏见》、《曼斯菲尔德花园》、《爱玛》、《诺桑觉寺》和《劝导》。其作品《傲慢与偏见》,以其独特的文筆和对社交习俗的敏锐观察而蜚声文坛。