Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
JANE AUSTENI should infinitely prefer a book.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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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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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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The less said the better.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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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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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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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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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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