But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
JANE AUSTENI am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.
More Jane Austen Quotes
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Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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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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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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The less said the better.
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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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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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To love is to burn, to be on fire.
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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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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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Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
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Success supposes endeavour.
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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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Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
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A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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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 will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
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