Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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,...

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...

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.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

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

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

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...

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

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

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

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...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of...

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.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there...

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...

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...

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

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