It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
JANE AUSTENHow wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
More Jane Austen Quotes
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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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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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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