Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
JANE AUSTENIf I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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Vanity 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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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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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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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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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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