How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
JANE AUSTENHappiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.
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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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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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When I fall in love, it will be forever.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
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The less said the better.
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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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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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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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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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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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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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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
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It’s such a happiness when good people get together.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
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Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
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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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Each found her greatest safety in silence.
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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Let us have the luxury of silence.
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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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Nobody minds having what is too good for them.
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There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
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