A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
JANE AUSTENFull many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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