Jane Austen Quotes
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I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like...
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When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.
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Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.
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Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.
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You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.
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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
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I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are the principle duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or to marry them selves, have no business with the partners or wives of the neighbors.
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To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind...
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One word from you shall silence me forever.
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Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.
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if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.
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But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.
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Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.
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I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive.
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Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge."
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A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.
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To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.
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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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I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?
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And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.
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He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.
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I think him every thing that is worthy and amiable.
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You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
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Angry people are not always wise.