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Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.


Jane Austen

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JANE AUSTEN Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
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JANE AUSTEN ...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
JANE AUSTEN You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
JANE AUSTEN It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
JANE AUSTEN Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
JANE AUSTEN A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
JANE AUSTEN Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
JANE AUSTEN From politics it was an easy step to silence.
JANE AUSTEN There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
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JANE AUSTEN Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerab...
JANE AUSTEN One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
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JANE AUSTEN Those who do not complain are never pitied.
JANE AUSTEN Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
JANE AUSTEN In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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JANE AUSTEN Till this moment I never knew myself.
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JANE AUSTEN How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
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JANE AUSTEN Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
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JANE AUSTEN You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer.
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JANE AUSTEN My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so m...
JANE AUSTEN Vanity, not love, has been my folly.
JANE AUSTEN They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.
JANE AUSTEN She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most ...
JANE AUSTEN She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should ...
JANE AUSTEN Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I ...
JANE AUSTEN I am excessively diverted.
JANE AUSTEN Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessn...
JANE AUSTEN Every thing nourishes what is strong already.
JANE AUSTEN It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves.
JANE AUSTEN