Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Quote by Jane Austen

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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

The very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.

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.

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....

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been...

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...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

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...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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

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

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there...

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

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

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

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...

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,...

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...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more,...

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...

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.