To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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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 am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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I can always live by my pen.
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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 may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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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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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
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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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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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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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Time will explain.
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