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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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Book Gentleman Lady Person Pleasure Stupidity
I can always live by my pen.
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Live One Liner Pen Writing
One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Amusement Party Secure
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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Cure Forgiveness Hope Selfish
There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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Love Moments Time
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
JANE AUSTEN

Difficult Humble One Liner Prosperity
It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
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Beautiful Birthday Handsome Happen She Woman
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
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Hate Lady Live Water Women Women Empowerment
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
JANE AUSTEN

Agree Deal Friendship Greatness People Trouble
Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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Comfortable Deep Home Stay
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.
JANE AUSTEN

Admire Couple Feeling Love Struggle Valentine
I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
JANE AUSTEN

Habit Humour Writing
How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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Change Human Mind Operation Time Wonderful
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
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Behaviour Character Expectation Human Nature Person Upset
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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Cease People Sensible Silly
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.
JANE AUSTEN

Book Declare Enjoyment House Library Reading

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