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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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....

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer...

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer...

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed....

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...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

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...

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...

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

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

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...