General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENI 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.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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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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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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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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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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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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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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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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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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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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You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
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