Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Quote by Jane Austen

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A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits,...

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

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

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own...

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a...

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...

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...