Each found her greatest safety in silence.
JANE AUSTENHer own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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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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But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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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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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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