To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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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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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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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The less said the better.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
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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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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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I can always live by my pen.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
JANE AUSTEN