Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

Quote by Jane Austen

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The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

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

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

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

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...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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...

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...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has...

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

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....

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...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years...

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...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your...

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to...

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to...

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...