A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
JANE AUSTENHappiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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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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We do not suffer by accident.
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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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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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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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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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Time will explain.
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But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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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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