Tag: Jane Austen
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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.
Jane Austen
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There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
Jane Austen
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Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Jane Austen
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Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like.
Jane Austen
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An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.
Jane Austen
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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.
Jane Austen
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Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.
Jane Austen
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There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.
Jane Austen
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Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.
Jane Austen
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Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.
Jane Austen