Without music, life would be a blank to me.
JANE AUSTENPray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
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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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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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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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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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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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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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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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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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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
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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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