Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
JANE AUSTENLife seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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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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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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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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You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
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It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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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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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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We do not suffer by accident.
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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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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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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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