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.
JANE AUSTENIt’s such a happiness when good people get together.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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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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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
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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 lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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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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I can always live by my pen.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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