Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
JANE AUSTENThere is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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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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The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.
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Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.
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It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
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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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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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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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Almost anything is possible with time.
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.
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I should infinitely prefer a book.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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