General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENHe is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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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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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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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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But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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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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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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The less said the better.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
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