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.
JANE AUSTENShe was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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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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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!
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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
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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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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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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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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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