General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENShe hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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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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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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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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