The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
JANE AUSTENWe do not suffer by accident.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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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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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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To love is to burn, to be on fire.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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I can always live by my pen.
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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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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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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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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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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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