Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
JANE AUSTENHappiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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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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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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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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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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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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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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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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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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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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