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.
JANE AUSTENNothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
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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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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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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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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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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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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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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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