I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
JANE AUSTENNobody minds having what is too good for them.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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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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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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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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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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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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