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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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Falling In Love

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. "