She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
JANE AUSTENI will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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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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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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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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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
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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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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for 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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