I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
JANE AUSTENNobody minds having what is too good for them.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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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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We do not suffer by accident.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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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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How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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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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I must have my share in the conversation.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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