He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
JANE AUSTENTo wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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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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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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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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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.
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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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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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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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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 cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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