We do not suffer by accident.
JANE AUSTENIt is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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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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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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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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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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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 should infinitely prefer a book.
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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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