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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Jane Austen

But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Indeed Tea
What are men to rocks and mountains?
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Men Mountain Rock
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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Friendship General Kindness Man
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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Opinion Person Pride Proud Vain Vanity
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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Chance Funny Happiness Humour Marriage
To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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Couple Fall In Love Goodness Love Thinking
But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
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Alter Change Inspirational Observe People
I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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Habit Humour Writing
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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Confess Herself Hope Reason She Wise
A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
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Behaviour Character Expectation Human Nature Person Upset
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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Character Friendship Love People
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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Book Gentleman Lady Person Pleasure Stupidity
He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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Daughter Equality Father Gentleman
How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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Clever Ignorance
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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Hate Lady Live Water Women Women Empowerment
Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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