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.
JANE AUSTENI must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
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But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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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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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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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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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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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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