Did Jane Austen say “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”?
SAPIR 861 · QUOTE CHECK
Did Jane Austen say “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”?
Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Jane Austen. Source and location below.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen, Chapter 1 · ¶4 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #1342 · source
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0