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.

Quote by Jane Austen

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My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at...

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or...

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or...

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.