But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
JANE AUSTENPerhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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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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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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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 may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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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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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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