General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENThe less said the better.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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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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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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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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The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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