I should infinitely prefer a book.
JANE AUSTENPerhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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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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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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