The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
JANE AUSTENHow wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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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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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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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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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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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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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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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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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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