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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Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not...

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...

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,...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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

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

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...

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

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...

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.

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...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish.

Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish.

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls -...

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls -...