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From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced. (Jane Austen)
Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise. View quote
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Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not. View quote
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No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. It must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her. View quote
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I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them. View quote
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You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve. View quote
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Every savage can dance. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it. View quote
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Let us have the luxury of silence. View quote
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His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything. (Jane Austen)
Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention. View quote
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That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit. View quote
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To her own heart it was a delightful affair, to her imagination it was even a ridiculous one, but to her reason, her judgment, it was completely a puzzle. View quote
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She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous. View quote
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Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else. View quote
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What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh. View quote
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Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death. View quote
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Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried. View quote
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Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease. View quote
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I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly. (Jane Austen)
This sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults. View quote
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It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best. View quote
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I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable. View quote
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I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like. View quote
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Jane Austen

Jane Austen - Image
Occupation: British Writer
Born: December 16, 1775
Died: July 18, 1817
Quotes count: 599
Wikipedia: Jane Austen

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