She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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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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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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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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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The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.
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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 difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
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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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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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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
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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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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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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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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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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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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 have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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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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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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