Jane Austen Quotes
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On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.
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I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.
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Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! – and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.
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Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.
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My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
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Oh!” said she, “I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say ‘Yes,’ that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste; but I always delight in overthrowing those kind of schemes, and cheating a person of their premeditated contempt. I have, therefore made up my mind to tell you, that I do not want to dance a reel at all--and now despise me if you dare.” “Indeed I do not dare.
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No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.
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Let us have no ranting tragedies. Too many charactersNot a tolerable woman's part in the play.
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It's such a happiness when good people get together.
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A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.
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I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
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We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
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I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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I have no more to say. If this be the case, he deserves you. I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any one less worthy.
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He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted, and rather selfish, is to be ill-disposed.
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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.
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She would tell you herself that she has a very dreadful cold in her head at present; but I have not much compassion for colds in the head without fever or sore throat.
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She was stronger alone.
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An annuity is a very serious business.
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
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Your abuse of our gowns amuses but does not discourage me; I shall take mine to be made up next week, and the more I look at it the better it pleases me. My cloak came on Tuesday, and, though I expected a good deal, the beauty of the lace astonished me. It is too handsome to be worn - almost too handsome to be looked at.
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If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.
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She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an Object of Contempt...