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" Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like. "
Jane Austen
Doing
Nothing
Ever
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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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" One man's style must not be the rule of another's. "
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" It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. "
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" Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. "
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" Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. "
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" There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. "
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" Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. "
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" Every savage can dance. "
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" One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. "
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" Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. "
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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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" Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. "
Jane Austen
Attack
Fast
Watch
" 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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Suffering
Place
" General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. "
Jane Austen
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Man
Made
" The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. "
Jane Austen
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Know
I Can
" No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. "
Jane Austen
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Offended
Man
" It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before. "
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Sometimes
" There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. "
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Romantic
Equal
" Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. "
Jane Austen
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Poor
Single
" The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. "
Jane Austen
Performance
Doing
Imperfection
" I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage. "
Jane Austen
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" An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done. "
Jane Austen
Always
Done
Lady
" Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. "
Jane Austen
You
Know
Hope
" An artist cannot do anything slovenly. "
Jane Austen
Slovenly
Artist
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" Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. "
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Pleasure
Gives
Past
" Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. "
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Misery
Dwell
Guilt
" It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. "
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" Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. "
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Nature
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" Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. "
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" A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. "
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