I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
JANE AUSTENIn nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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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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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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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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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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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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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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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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