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.
JANE AUSTENVanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
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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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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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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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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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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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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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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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