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it is a shocking trick for a y...

it is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa.

Jane Austen 870 quotes

The post-office is a wonderful...

The post-office is a wonderful establishment! The regularity and dispatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!

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there is not one in a hundred ...

there is not one in a hundred of either sex, who is not taken in when they marry. ... it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves.

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it is better to know as little...

it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

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Lady Middleton ... exerted her...

Lady Middleton ... exerted herself to ask Mr. Palmer if there was any news in the paper. 'No, none at all,' he replied, and read on.

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One cannot have too large a pa...

One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.

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I have often observed that res...

I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.

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A single woman with a narrow i...

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

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Fraternal love, sometimes almo...

Fraternal love, sometimes almost every thing, is at others worse than nothing.

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there is not the least wit in ...

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

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Five is the very awkwardest of...

Five is the very awkwardest of all posible numbers to sit down to table.

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Where love is there is no labo...

Where love is there is no labor; and if there be labor, that labor is loved.

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An agreeable manner may set of...

An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones.

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Family connexions were always ...

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

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Good company requires only bir...

Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential; but a little learning is by no means a dangerous thing in good company; on the contrary, it will do very well.

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I would rather have young peop...

I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.

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Where any one body of educated...

Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information, or...of something else.

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A persuadable temper might som...

A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

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I can safely say, that the hap...

I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.

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To be claimed as a good, thoug...

To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.

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