How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
JANE AUSTENI could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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Time will explain.
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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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