| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 4860 |
| QUOTATION: | It was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jane Austen (1775–1817), British novelist. Anne Elliot’s thought, in Persuasion, ch. 8 (1818). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Austen Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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