Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Quote by Jane Austen

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I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall...

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.

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.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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...

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...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...