Jane Austen Quotes

I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.

Jane Austen

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• I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Eyes
  • Value
  • Blessing