Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
JANE AUSTENEvery moment had its pleasure and its hope.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
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I was quiet but I was not blind.
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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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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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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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What are men to rocks and mountains?
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.
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