A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
JANE AUSTENSilly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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My heart is, and always will be, yours.
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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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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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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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To love is to burn, to be on fire.
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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 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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