Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
JANE AUSTENIt is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
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The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.
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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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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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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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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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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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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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