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" Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. "

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" To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. "

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" Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. "

" Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. "

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" Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. "

" 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. "

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" Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. "

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" A single woman with a very narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid - the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else. "

" Respect for right conduct is felt by every body. "

" Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. "

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" A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. "

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" Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. "

" 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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" My sore throats are always worse than anyone's. "