Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
JANE AUSTENWisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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The less said the better.
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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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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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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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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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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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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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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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