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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Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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.

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

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...

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 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...

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

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...

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...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

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

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

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!

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...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

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...