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" It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. "
Jane Austen
Marriage
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" I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. "
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" Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. "
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" There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. "
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" We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. "
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" We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. "
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" From politics, it was an easy step to silence. "
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" Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. "
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" To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. "
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" In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. "
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" I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. "
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" My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. "
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" There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions. "
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" It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? "
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" Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people. "
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Man
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" Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. "
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