Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
JANE AUSTENWhen pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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