It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Quote by Jane Austen

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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.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the...

I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the...

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.