A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
JANE AUSTENWith women, the heart argues, not the mind.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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An annuity is a very serious business.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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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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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
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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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Time will explain.
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He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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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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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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