There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
JANE AUSTENSelf-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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My heart is, and always will be, yours.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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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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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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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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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
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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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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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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Time will explain.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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