Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
JANE AUSTENShe hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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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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Time will explain.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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