General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENThere is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
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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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