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.
JANE AUSTENEvery moment had its pleasure and its hope.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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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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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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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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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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I must have my share in the conversation.
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Without music, life would be a blank to me.
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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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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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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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You must be the best judge of your own happiness.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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Time will explain.
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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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