General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENAngry people are not always wise.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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Time will explain.
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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’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
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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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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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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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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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