I should infinitely prefer a book.
JANE AUSTENFriendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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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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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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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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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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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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I must have my share in the conversation.
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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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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
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