It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
JANE AUSTENGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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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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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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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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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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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
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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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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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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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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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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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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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