She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
JANE AUSTENBut indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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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 could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
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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 can always live by my pen.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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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.
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