It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
JANE AUSTENAh! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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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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The less said the better.
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Time will explain.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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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 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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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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To love is to burn, to be on fire.
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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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