It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
JANE AUSTENSelf-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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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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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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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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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
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