Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
JANE AUSTENA person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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We do not suffer by accident.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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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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Success supposes endeavour.
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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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