Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
JANE AUSTENIn nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
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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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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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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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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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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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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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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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To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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