I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
JANE AUSTENI may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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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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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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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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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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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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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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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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