Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Quote by Jane Austen

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

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

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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 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...

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...

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...

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.

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...

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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...

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...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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...

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

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

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...