Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
JANE AUSTENSilly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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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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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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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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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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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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