Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
JANE AUSTENNothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
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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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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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The less said the better.
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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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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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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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Time will explain.
JANE AUSTEN