I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
JANE AUSTENIt is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
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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 be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.
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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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The less said the better.
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It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
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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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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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It is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best.
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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