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.
JANE AUSTENPray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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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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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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