She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
JANE AUSTENIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Angry people are not always wise.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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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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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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