Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
JANE AUSTENSelf-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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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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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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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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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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I can always live by my pen.
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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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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.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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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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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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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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