A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
JANE AUSTENThere 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.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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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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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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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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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
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