How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Quote by Jane Austen

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Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

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,...

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.

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

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

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.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to...

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

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

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...

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...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys...

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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...

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...