I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

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....

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...

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or...

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or...

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...

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.

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 is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.