Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

Quote by Jane Austen

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There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one...

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

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...

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...

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

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.

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...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

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...

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

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

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

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...

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...

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

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...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it...

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...