There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
JANE AUSTENTo love is to burn, to be on fire.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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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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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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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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Angry people are not always wise.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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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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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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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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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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