In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
JANE AUSTENVanity 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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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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Time will explain.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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 am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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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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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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