How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
JANE AUSTENHer own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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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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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
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