Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
JANE AUSTENLife seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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I can always live by my pen.
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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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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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The less said the better.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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