Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
JANE AUSTENFull many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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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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You 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.
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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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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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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its 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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