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.
JANE AUSTENYou have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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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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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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The less said the better.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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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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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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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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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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