Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
JANE AUSTENTo sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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 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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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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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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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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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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We do not suffer by accident.
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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
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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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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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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 nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
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I can always live by my pen.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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