Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
JANE AUSTENAnd sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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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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I must have my share in the conversation.
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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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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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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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To love is to burn, to be on fire.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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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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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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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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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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